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Trip Report

Professor Valley — May 2022 (23 People, Onion Creek)

A four-day May 2022 Professor Valley at 4,250 cfs with twenty-three people camped at Onion Creek — the annual redrock-canyon float turned small village. Low enough water that the current did the work; big enough crew that the kitchen did the rest.

4 days 4,250 cfs 23 people
Season spring
Launch May 5, 2022
Flow 4,250 cfs
Water 63°F avg
(USGS)
Weather 54–88°F
Takeout May 8, 2022
Conditions

3,500–5,000 CFS

4 days
4,250 cfs
5 ft/mi
Day 1 May 5, 2022

5,980 cfs (USGS daily mean), water 60°F

Day 2 May 6, 2022

5,290 cfs (USGS daily mean), water 62°F | Moab, UT: 63–88°F

Day 3 May 7, 2022

4,980 cfs (USGS daily mean), water 64°F | Moab, UT: 54–83°F

Day 4 May 8, 2022

6,380 cfs (USGS daily mean), water 64°F | Moab, UT: 54–83°F

Scenes from the River

Moments the crew logged on this run.

  • Glassy River Drift

    Flatwater, reflections, slow miles. The river does the work and the mind goes quiet.

    • calm
    • reflection
Data

Flow: USGS Colorado near Cisco (09180500), 4,980–6,380 cfs daily mean.

Weather: Moab, UT, 54–88°F. NOAA GHCN-Daily

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