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- Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:42 am
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Granite Creek
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8329
Re: Granite Creek
Has anybody run Granite this season (2016) yet? I was wondering how bad the wood situation is, especially from the canyon on down.
- Sun May 31, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Cheap Sheep
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12107
Re: Cheap Sheep
Has anyone run Sheep Creek yet this year? I am planning to do Roman Dial's "Independent Sheep" route in a few weeks and was wondering what news folks might have on wood in Sheep Creek from the put in near Crossover Lake to the takeout. thanks.
- Sun May 10, 2015 2:20 pm
- Forum: Packrafting Gear
- Topic: Cargo fly on Alpacka's- any good?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6708
Re: Cargo fly on Alpacka's- any good?
My Alpacka Yak does not have the cargo fly, but I float with a guy who had his boat retrofitted with one, and I have now observed his boat so equipped for two seasons on both single day and multi-day trips in a variety of conditions. On long trips, his boat is more stable due to his being able to re...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:03 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Packraft Road Runs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2942
Re: Packraft Road Runs
Thanks for working on this list, John. It is helpful.
- Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:17 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Gulkana River near Dickey Lake
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1665
Re: Gulkana River near Dickey Lake
A group of four, including one whitewater novice, hiked into Dickey Lake on June 9th from Tangle Lakes. We camped on the north side of the lake, then blew up our boats in the morning and dragged our gear across the ice to a 20 foot lead on the south shore. (In our dry suits and PFDs of course!) We t...
- Sat May 18, 2013 10:37 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Moose Creek
- Replies: 71
- Views: 26302
Re: Moose Creek
Anybody run Moose Creek yet in 2013? Are there many sweepers after last year's late floods?
- Sun May 12, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Gulkana River near Dickey Lake
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1665
Gulkana River near Dickey Lake
Is anyone familiar with the stretch of the Gulkana River near Dickey Lake? At least one published source states that the Gulkana River "abruptly" drops into a short Class III-IV rapids (http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-gulkana-national-wild-river-sidwcmdev_068879.html) 3 miles after exiting...
- Sun May 05, 2013 11:34 am
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Impatient
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4695
Re: Impatient
Does anyone have any information regarding the Matanuska downstream of Granite Creek? It might be open to the Old Glenn Highway bridge. It still looks totally bridged upstream from Granite at the big bar between Kings River and Granite Creek. Still, it would be a nice mellow start to the season to f...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:03 am
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Oshetna River
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3334
Re: Oshetna River
The recently shot video I referred to above was just a short section posted at an anti-Watana dam site. I have now tracked down the original video. It really is Devils Canyon, but I do not see how a packrafter could do what these kayakers did, especially punching through the tops of big waves just b...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Alpacka Raft Cargo Fly
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19032
Re: The Alpacka Raft Cargo Fly
"Wow!" is right. This is a very, very intriguing innovation. This might be to packrafts what sidecuts were to dowhill skis. Other than improving ones paddling skills and honing ones judgement, reducing the volume and mass of gear attached to tops of the tubes seems the best way to reduce the number ...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:30 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Oshetna River
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3334
Re: Oshetna River
But it's just begging for the first packraft descent.... I have seen a recently shot video of two kayakers in a canyon on the Big Su. At first I thought a really good packrafter could make some of the same run. The location of the shoot seemed to resemble the location from which the grainy black an...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Oshetna River
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3334
Re: Oshetna River
Thank you, Mark. I would appreciate that.
- Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: Oshetna River
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3334
Oshetna River
Would anyone like to provide some first hand knowledge of running the big Oshetna River? I have never been in that drainage but have heard a lot of good things about it. I have reviewed the Wilderness Classic reports on the Eureka-Talkeetna route but would like more detailed information on what runn...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:08 pm
- Forum: Southcentral
- Topic: 3 packrafts lost on Chickaloon!!!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1774
Re: 3 packrafts lost on Chickaloon!!!!
Any word on your rafts? Jschu and I are likely running the lower Chickaloon to Kings River tomorrow. Should we be on the look out?
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Packraft as a bathtub?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12576
Re: Packraft as a bathtub?
DirtDevil, Have you tested your packraft as bath tub idea yet? On a long trip, a bath would be great. It would take a lot of fuel to heat the water though... . I was just talking to a neighbor yesterday about the concrete tub someone built at a hot spring in Paradise Valley in the Sierras years ago....