From the Elkhart trailhead parking lot, take the Pole Creek Trail directly adjacent to . Getting onto rising river, capsize and inability to get back into craft due to rising water levels, this river floods all the time and portaging the gorge is a bit of a nightmare bush-bash). Tp. One-meter waves were reported on shore after the incident. You're currently viewing a free preview of a member exclusive premium article. Obviously this river is not suitable for our 16 footer, though! From the toe of the glacier, the river leaves the lake and heads through a windy mini . For fisherman an Alpacka in the Winds is an ideal way to fish some of the remote alpine lakes in search of the elusive goldon trout. I need survival and misc gear in my PFD firestarting kit, knife, whistle, camera, and a snack. Temperatures vary dramatically in the Arctic. This is the first verified packraft fatality due to entanglement. Little headwind on the lakes, so the flat-water paddling wasnt that slow. This topic is empty. During the passage of the rapid, all our three boats were overturned, two of us managed to reach the right bank. Two weeks after running sections of the lower Mat with Marty he led the same group of 4 on Lions head. Rescue personnel recovered Peters packraft but had to discontinue search efforts due to high water conditions. A small amount of each fee goes into (very) slowly building up PRANZ funds: For future projects which could involve training subsidies, maybe legal fees for the court battle to prevent a company damming a fantastic packrafting river The future is uncertain, and PRANZ wants to be in a position to help defend our packrafting opportunities. It's a backpackers' playground. The Wind River lies in the northern half of the Yukon Territory, Canada just south of the Arctic Circle. Seems like a beautiful float so we were hoping to get a hike in and then check it out - if the water was reasonable. The Wind River Range is protected by 750,000 acres of public land in western Wyoming. Backpacking in one of the lesser-known areas of the CO Rocky Mountains. Astral and Norge are the two primary manufacturers of this PFD type. Very speculative, but a nearby airport reported SE wind gusts of 44 km/h (27 mph) on the 25th.