Coal Creek, Alaska, US

Glacier to Matanuska River

Usual Difficulty	IV (for normal flows)
Length	11.8 Miles
Avg. Gradient	280 fpm
Max Gradient	600 fpm

River Description

According to Embick, this has been run once, by Mike Koehmstedt and Mike Balster, on July 31, 1992. He also notes that this is one of at least 23 Coal Creeks in Alaska; this creek is the one in the Anchorage D-4 quad.
Oh: one more thing: as the gradient implies, there's a lot of unrunnable stuff onthis here run. If you choose to do all the hiking that's required to run this puppy, scout and consider your choices carefully.