The Diamond Creek calendar includes all trips that indicate that some portion of their equipment and/or passengers will be utilizing the Diamond Creek takeout.ĭue to low water levels and increased numbers of launches, congestion has increased at Diamond Creek. The Whitmore schedule is included to assist those who wish to minimize their exposure to overflight noise or congestion. except on days with four or more exchanges. Helicopter flights are restricted to the hours before 10:00 a.m. Some commercial trips use a helicopter service to fly out or exchange passengers at Whitmore Wash, river mile 187. Courteous communication with other trips on the water can help reduce congestion in the Phantom Ranch area. If you are exchanging passengers and the calendar indicates there may be more than two trips doing so the same day as you, expect that Cremation Camp may be full and camp upstream. If your trip is not exchanging passengers in the vicinity of Phantom Ranch, do not plan to use Cremation Camp. Use of the two camps at Cremation Camp, river mile 87, is restricted to those trips who will be exchanging passengers the following day. If you are not planning to exchange passengers, standard river courtesy calls for selection of camps outside this area. There are few river camps in the stretch of river between Hance Rapids and Phantom Ranch. Note: noncommercial trips are allowed to modify their exchange schedule up to and including the day of launch. This calendar includes all trips that have scheduled a passenger exchange at Phantom Ranch. For detailed information, see the Commercial Operating Requirements and the Noncommercial River Trip Regulations. The number of days that trips can spend on each segment of the river above Diamond Creek are not dictated by the CRMP only total trip lengths are restricted and vary by the season within which the launch occurs. Second, some commercial trip slots may not be utilized - when earlier trips use up a company's total user-day allocation for a season, additional trips may not be launched by that concessionaire. Administrative trips are always additional trips and never displace recreational trips. First, additional administrative trips may be listed on the calendar. The launch schedule will mirror the launch schedule in Appendix B of the 2006 Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) with two exceptions. The Lees Ferry launch calendar lists all trips by their launch dates. GCEX 20 10D = 20 participants, 10 days to Diamond Creek Lees Ferry Launches for May 2023 WEST 28 6W 3J >L = 28 participants, 6 days to Whitmore Helipad, 3 days to off-load passengers by jet boat, the crew and equipment will continue to Lake Mead PRIV 15 9P 12D 3L = A planned maximum of 15 participants, 9 days to Phantom Ranch, 12 more days to Diamond Creek, 3 more days to Lake Mead to take out Trips launching from Diamond Creek are not included. The final series of numbers and letters reflect the trip's planned schedule. The second number represents the maximum number of passengers at any given time (including crew). The first abbreviation represents the name of the company or type of trip. How to read the calendarsĮach river trip is labeled on the calendar according to its planned schedule. Commercial trips do not launch during the following months: November, December, January, February, and March. The calendars are available approximately three months in advance. These calendars list launch schedules for river trips with issued permits for commercial, noncommercial, and National Park Service administrative trips. River Trip Calendars for Issued Permits for May 2023 Five separate river trip calendars are available Noncommercial data last updated on May 19, 2023.Ĭommercial data last updated on May 12, 2023.
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