Chulitna River Points

Mile 185.1 is the start for the East Fork and here the riv­er is small and rocky with the poten­tial for occa­sion­al chan­nel span­ning obsta­cles to get past.

Mile 194.5 is the start for the longer West Fork sec­tion, 12 miles to where the con­flu­ence with the East Fork is. The West Fork drains the big glac­i­er coun­try of the south and east side of Denali and has no real put in site.

Overview The Tal­keet­na Riv­er is, accord­ing to almost every guide­book or ref­er­ence you may con­sult, the most clas­sic, wilder­ness, white­wa­ter trip in Alas­ka. Its remote loca­tion, steep, fast-water canyon, abun­dant fish­ing and wildlife view­ing make it one of the true clas­sics for sure. It requires a bush plane to fly into the Tal­keet­na Moun­tains where there are huge views of the high­est peak in North Amer­i­ca, Denali, and in the head­wa­ters area…  ...more