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July 29 - August 5, 2007
GREAT Whitewater in this state!
I was lucky enough to borrow a boat from Corry Ryan and get some local info from James Bagley and A.J. Johnson. Huge thanks to these guys, they made the trip happen for me!

After a day (monday) of hanging out with the family we got everything togerther and headed down to the Kenai for camping and fishing.

Here are a few random shots from the Kenai River

On Wen. we got lucky enough to go run Ingram Creek. It was low, but i was asured that we could still make it down, portage what you need to and move downstream. We hiked in at the 30fter. not much of a trail and nervous about the bear situation we made alot of noise on the way in. After a 1/2 mile hike we saw a pretty amazing gorge with a few big drops stacked on one another. After dropping in the gorge walls would open and close as we made our way downstream. There were quite a few mini gorges with some great whitewater. We did portage quite a few drops due to low water and borrowed boats.

Lana at Gilligans Island on Ingram Creek

After a while I was getting impressed by the number of horizon lines and quality gradient in the canyon.
Lana at Green Room, last drop on Ingram

another day on the Kanai and we were off to 6 mile on Friday. We met up with Nova guides Corry, Luke, Dan, Jeff, Brad, and Alan. Half of my family went rafting while Lana and I followed in kayaks.

Rafting 6 mile creek with Nova

We were able to boat scout most of the run with one scout at Rock Drop in the 3rd canyon. This is a great comercial rafting run, plenty of action with a nice float between the 1st and 2nd canyons.

First drop, Rock Drop, in the 3rd canyon on 6 mile creek at low water

Rafters at the take out for 6 mile

After being delayed in Anchorage and getting stuck in Seattle for hours on reconecting flights, lost bags, and getting a rental car, it was a long trip back to the gorge in the early morning.

On a local note....Northwest Video Scarpbook is up and rolling.