Happy

Ran in mid-September 2020, such a great river, such a great trip. At lower flows there were no rapids of note, everything just kind of flows into the next rocky boulder section. Class 2 with some class 3 at this level. The bushwhack out to Finger Lake is short but brutal, took us almost two hours to go 1 mile.

500$ per person through Regal Air at Hood Lake in Anchorage, four people and 900 pound weight limit.

Bring lots of repair materials, some of the rocks in the canyon are razor sharp. We had four punctures in our packrafts, and lost a day to repairs. But we were still Happy.

We ran the Happy in packrafts and found it really good for that. The water level was neither high (not in the bushes) nor super low. We ran it in July over three days, flying in to Sheep Lake and hiking out to Finger Lake from the Skwentna.

It's a great river for surfing and practicing eddy-outs in a packraft. Also enjoyed running a few side creeks. The section upstream of Indian Creek was our favorite -- loyts of granite boulders and super views of the Alaska Range.

More details at http://packrafting.blogspot.com/search/label/Happy%20River

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoSN83ATKrE