Talkeetna River Points

Use a float­plane and fly to Mur­der Lake and descend the 8 miles of bear infest­ed Prairie Creek. It is a shal­low creek with log­jams and bear jams and is used by kayak groups and nev­er by raft­ing parties.

The take out requires no planes and involves pulling in to a pub­lic boat launch on riv­er left just 1 mile above the riv­er mouth at the town of Talkeetna.

The best spot to put in is at Yel­low Jack­et Creek, about 20 miles from the Tal­keet­na Glac­i­er, even though the grav­el strip itself is not a favorite of some pilots. But groups do go there and it is where we rec­om­mend you go. By start­ing at this point you have good hik­ing in the upper alpine mountains.