Hey all – it’s been a while since I was last on a packraft and just planned a trip to raft the Escalante River from 4/22 – 4/25 with a few friends.
I’ve read that rafting this river is highly dependent on snow melt. Does this seem like a good time frame or when will you have a better idea?
I’ve been watching the water levels pretty closely and it’s fluctuating between 1.6 ft and 1.9 ft (https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1848/). Anybody that is more local have a sense of whether we’ll get lucky or be out of luck with those dates? Definitely want to avoid ass-dragging during the packrafting trip if at all possible.
We were planning on putting in around the Highway 12 bridge and want to make it to Coyote Gulch.
