I have an Alpacka Yak, self bailer with a cargo zip. I found no problems paddling class 3 with it loaded for a 4 day trip. that being said, I have little experience with solid floors. What little I've paddled solid floor models, I've found the self-bailers seem to move more slowly, due to drag and t...

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Here's a possible route that i mapped out. It would be about 20mi. Seems like most of it would be on pre-existing trails though, so that would speed thing up.

I've floated Peters creek numerous times, and have always considered taking it all the way to the Su, or portaging over to lake creek, like you mentioned. From what I've heard, peters creek flattens out a bit and gets real boney down lower. Might not be a huge problem with a packraft though. That be...