Packrafting River Selection

[stephane]

I’ve been interesting in doing a backpack pack rafting trip. One of the spots I’ve hunted has some nice looking country that I’ve been into, but it’s just too far from the access point to realistically pack out an animal. There is a river that flows nearby all the way out to the access point, so I’ve been wondering about floating out with the meat. I don’t have any pictures of the river, but I found some photos on google that are very similar. Would these examples be something that could be floated down with a loaded pack raft (like an Alpacka Mule or Ranger raft)?

 

[JoshOR]

From the pics sure. Looks like some dragging will need to be done at low water but that’s all part of it. I would do some research on the stretch you want to do on some whitewater forums, make sure there’s not an impassable canyon or something in there though! Have fun!