Whitewater Run AK Class V+

Hicks Lake to Matanuska River

Hicks Creek

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Gauge Conditions
Pinochle Creek near Sutton AK Downstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate reading: This gauge is 8.8 miles away on Hicks Creek. Use as a general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
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Description
According to Embick, this one's pretty much unrunnable. Chris Roach and Alan Tetpon, on 5/31,87, and Mike Koehmstedt and Mike Balster, on 5/31/92, ran part of this scary run. Significant stretches of the river are unrunnable and/or unscoutable.
Difficulty
Class V+
Length
11.4 mi
Gradient
166 ft/mi
max 350
Rapids
0
Access Points
Put-in
61.8972, -147.7769
Take-out
61.7892, -147.9356
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater