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02. US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir

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March 21, 2024

2 Packrafters, 350 rising to 650 over 6 days

ReporterRobin Levick
Gauge Reading500 cfs at SALT RIVER NEAR CHRYSOTILE, AZ
FlowLow Flow

Dup and I snagged a cancellation permit after the Jubilee got cancelled in NM. Flows bumped just enough to keep things moving after the first couple days. I ran Black Rock 2 years ago at 275, got a nice boof off the ledge and then got pushed against the undercut rock bank and flipped. This year we walked it, not able to find a line we liked at 650 cfs. We ran everything else, with swims on Rat Trap (those dual laterals make running the tongue real tricky) and Devils Pendejo (moving across current is really hard as the river constricts, if you want to move left to right to avoid the hole you have to really dig).

Weather was perfect, partly sunny, warm, punctuated by short rains and lightning.

Quartsite was no big deal at these flows. Corkscrew definitely merited a look, we took a fun line enterting the rapid river left and boofing off a ledge into the meat of the rapid.