Gulkana River Points

The com­mon put in is at the camp­ing way­side at Pax­son Lake along­side the Richard­son High­way at the Pax­son Lake Camp­ground at mile 175. From this point you have a 7‑mile pad­dle to the end of the lake to its out­let where after 3 miles you join the Mid­dle Fork.

Camp­ground with RV and tent sites. Café on site. 

An alter­nate, and much more dif­fi­cult, option involves start­ing on the Tan­gle Lakes along the Denali High­way, and pad­dling south, portag­ing from one lake to anoth­er to a point where the Mid­dle Fork begins.