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Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always check out nearby Oumalik Lakes, and soar down the rapids of Colville River in a kayak. Oumalik Lake is a location that is reasonably dried out frequently; of all the months in a year August is the one with the most rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. At Oumalik Lake during the summertime highs are in the 40's. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 69.75
Longitude: -155.25
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| | Whitewater Near Oumalik Lake:
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Colville River, North Slope BoroughBorough, 8 miles away
Class I-II - 375 miles long (Thunder Creek to Harrison Bay) |
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Colville River
| Be aware the nearest metropolitan area is NOT Kodiak, Alaska, but Fairbanks, in the central part of the state. Went down this river in 1975, and topo maps made in 1955 were accurate for the most part, but the river had made some serious changes. (Like one large meander loop, 1/2 mile long, was gone!) Upriver from Umiat one needs to be particularly careful of river icings before July. From Umiat to the coast the drop is about 1 foot per mile or so - easy water - but it IS very remote. Nuiksut, in the river delta, is not always that hospitable to Anglos 'from outside', and there is a compound closer to the coast run by Jim and Teena Helmericks (he's a pilot and guide) where they welcome visitors. Jim's dad Bud came down this by canoe in the early 1950s after portaging across the Brooks Range at Anaktuvuk Pass.... |
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