Is the Katakturuk River packraftable?

[jonfriedman]

Yes, it’s packraftable and great.

Katkturuk river headwaters to ocean, 2022

Katakturuk River, ANWR

Three of us packrafted the Katakturuk river, ANWR June 18-24, 2022. Two of us had been on a different trip, and were picked up at the Terrace strip on the Marsh Fork of the Canning by Dirk Nikisch with Coyote Air. Amazing pilot, not sure what everyone will do when he and Kirk retire… Our third group member was with Dirk, and we were dropped at a strip approximately 2.5 miles north of the Katakturuk canyon. We hiked south through the canyon with our packrafting gear. This provided excellent …