2017 Paddle of the Gulkana River

by BDK July 4, 2017

July 4, 2017

We spent 4 days going down the Gulkana River, one of my favorites. Alas, although we left early to beat the 4th of July crowds we still ran into a bunch of rafters. The trip starts on Paxson Lake. After about an hour and half with a steady headwind we reached and adequate campsite on the lake and the next day we entered the Gulkana. Saw a large family of Great Grey Owls, fuzzy photo below. We had pretty good weather for the entire trip, save the last evening when it started to rain at 5PM and continued until 11AM the next morning. But, we lived.