The Alsek, a world-class rafting river that flows into the Gulf of Alaska from its headwaters in Canada, may soon abandon the lower part of its drainage for a steeper one 15 miles away.

after it joins the rugged Alsek River, toward the dramatic peaks of Alaska’s Fairweather Range. Some say this 160-mile trip down one of North America’s last truly wild river systems rivals the ...

Join the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club general meeting Oct. 28 as Bill and Debbie Pierce recount their 12-day raft trip on the Alsek River. Considered by some to be one of the wildest and most ...

A pirate is lurking in northern Canada, and global warming is only making it stronger. The Alsek River recently stole water flowing into the Slims River and took it for itself, a phenomenon known ...

New research indicates that the Alsek River will change course dramatically over the next few decades. Geologists with the National Park Service predict that glacial retreat related to climate ...

The best bet you have left is a float down the Tatshenshini-Alsek river system (which does, however, require that you start in Canada). It’s not so much the isolation that makes the standard ...

Rolling on the river in Alaska means getting up-close with wild lands where bears, moose, bald eagles and other wildlife roam. Mountain Travel Sobek leads trips on the Tatshenshini and Alsek ...

Disaster struck two raft trips this summer on the Alsek River, which flows from the Yukon to Alaska. A skilled rafter from Idaho and his son died after getting thrown from their raft in June.

April 10, 2025 Trump’s new energy order puts states’ climate laws in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice The beneficiary of the change, in hydrologic terms, is the Alsek River ...

Numbers have been low for most of last two decades, but about 30,000 are expected to swim the Alsek River After decades of low numbers, this summer's sockeye salmon run on Yukon's Alsek River is ...

The melt from the Yukon’s Kaskawulsh glacier now flows mostly into the Alsek River and ends up in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Arctic’s Bering Sea. It seemed to all happen in about one day ...

After decades of low numbers, this summer's sockeye salmon run on Yukon's Alsek River is expected to be above average for the second year in a row. What's behind the rebound is still a mystery.