Ingram Creek
| Run Length |
3.5 miles |
Average Gradient |
400 fpm |
| Difficulty |
Class V |
Recommended Flow |
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| River |
Ingram Creek |
Location |
Girdwood, Alaska |
| Author |
Tim Johnson |
Current Level |
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| Drainage |
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Elevation |
505ft to 5ft |
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Ingram Creek
Ingram Creek is for the expert creek boater and flows out of a steep valley paralleling the Seward Highway. You can run the Upper or Lower Ingram, or run both in a full seven hour day. Upper section is 1.5 miles long and lower section is only 2 miles long. Scouting is required after high water as new wood/logs are constantly catching in the canyon. The water is a beautiful emerald green color and the creek drops 400 feet per mile through the valley. There are very large and obstructed drops, some are very difficult to scout and to portage.
Ingram has several drops over 20 feet tall, long bumpy slides, stout ledges, broken ledged waterfalls, some very sticky holes, and a few undercuts. Be careful out there. Highly recommended to take someone with you that knows the run for your first time. It is a difficult, but very fun run if you have a successful one.
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| | Put-In
Location of run is parallel to the Seward highway at the start of the Kenai Peninsula (closest town is Girdwood, Alaska about 20 minutes back towards Anchorage). The run is just under 1 hour from Anchorage.
Put in for lower Ingram (the most popular run) at the big gravel pull-out on the left on Seward Highway, after going over the Ingram Creek Bridge & climbing the big hill. You walk up a field for 10 minutes and follow a trail to the creek, passing an old cabin (hence, Cabin Rapid).
| | | Take-Out
Take out at the bridge where Seward Highway crosses Ingram Creek. |
Add Rapid
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