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Caribou Creek and the Glen Highway

Course

This river flows from the Talkeetna Mountains into the Matanuska River.

Access

There are several trailheads which can be used to access Caribou Creek. Probably the easiest and closest to the road is Caribou Creek Canyon Trailhead.

Activities

Climbing and Rafting are both activities which can be done in the creek. Also gold mining has been done in Caribou Creek for at least the last 50 years.

Ice Climbing Routes

Kid in the Corner

Kid in the Corner
Pitch 2
Difficulty:	Vertical Ice
Time Required:	2-3 Hours
Total Distance:	~2 Miles Car - Car
Elevation Gain
Rock Climbing	None
Ice Difficulty	WI3
# of Pitches	3-4

There are two ways to get to this climb. The easiest is to hike along Caribou Creek when it is frozen from the Caribou Creek Canyon Trailhead. It usually takes around 15 minutes. You will round a few bends and then on the right side of the canyon the first good off side canyon comes into view. Usually the lower ice pitch can be viewed from the creek. Once in the smaller canyon it is hard to get off track. There are 3 or 4 pitches depending on how you run them together. The first pitch is probably the most difficult and the 2nd or 3rd pitch being the longest. If you decide to hike on the trail over the top of the canyon and rappel in there are tree's and alders to anchor from. You shouldn't need more then one 60 meter rope for any of the rappels or belays.

The first pitch

A longer pitch

Chugach Jed climbing

More Photo's

Shasta Miller preparing for a pitch on Kid in the Corner

Shasta Miller walks in Caribou Creek Canyon

Chugach Jed preparing for the rappel into Kid in the Corner