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Sixmile Creek is a short, approximately 12 miles (19 km) waterway with some of the most exciting whitewater rafting in Alaska.The Six Mile Creek drainage starts as Granite Creek flowing from the top of Turnagain Pass on the Seward Highway, [1] [2] part of the National Scenic Highway Program.
Multi-day rafting trips by do-it-yourself rafters and commercial rafting companies through the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System have the potential to develop environmental stewardship and general environmental behavior. Studies suggest that environmental efficacy increases when there is an increase in the length of the trip, daily ...
The Stony River (Deg Xinag: Gidighuyghatno' Giqedhatno; Dena'ina: K'qizaghetnu) is a 190-mile (310 km) tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The river flows south from near Mount Mausolus in the Revelation Mountains of the Alaska Range through the northwestern corner of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
The Eagle River is a stream, 40 miles (64 km) long, in Anchorage, Alaska. [1] Heading at Eagle Glacier in Chugach State Park , it flows northwest into Eagle Bay on the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet , 9 miles (14 km) northeast of downtown Anchorage.
Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Flood Profiles-- (full report is a PDF file) Facing the "Iatolla Hola"—September 4, 2001 article in the on-line version of the Juneau Empire; Mendenhall River on E-RAFT.com; Rafting picture; Juneau areas at risk of floods; Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge
Distinction from "man-portable" A packraft is distinguished from a strictly man-portable raft insofar as it is designed to be light enough to represent only a fraction of the total weight an individual can reasonably carry. A packraft can be carried for extended periods, along with food, water, shelter, and other supplies that would enable the ...
Affluent of the Nenana River in McKinley Park, Alaska. The Nenana River (Lower Tanana: Nina No’) is a tributary of the Tanana River, approximately 140 miles (230 km) long, in central Alaska in the United States. [3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks. [4]
The canyon offers various recreational opportunities, including hiking, ice climbing, and whitewater rafting. The Valdez Goat Trail, part of the historic Trans Alaska Military Packtrain Trail established during the Klondike Gold Rush , begins near Bridal Veil Falls and provides hikers with scenic views of the canyon and its surroundings. [ 1 ]