Kotsina

Upper Kotsina to Copper River (including lower canyon gorge)

DifficultyV+
Length42 mi
Avg Gradient57 fpm
Reach Info Last UpdatedFebruary 19, 2002

River Description

Data supplied by Jack Hession, Sierra Club, 241 E. 5th Ave, Suite 205, Anchorage, AK 99501

Class: V-VI

Gradient from Embick's book. Embick writes: 'The Kotsina...is awesome in power, speed, and violence. It roars out of the snouts of glaciers that grind down the precipitous southern flank of Mount Wrangell...'

The putin lat/longitude coordinates are those at the river's glacial source. Embick recommends putting in at the Kotsina Road, which comes off of McCarthy Road.


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