At this time of year the water will likely be cold (but not snow fed), so please make sure you have appropriate cold water packrafting gear. My route started and ended at Green river lakes area, went up lakeside trail to porcupine trail, lost trail for a mile then re-found it in a sound of music like meadow (saw some nice trout in the pools of this meadow stream), camped just short of intersection between south gypsum trail and porcupine pass, had a moose visitation just after sunset, next morning hiked straight up porcupine pass into beautiful mountain meadow with small stream (from melting snow spots) and what appeared to be cranberry bushes, stoutly in bloom, continued to new fork porcupine trail, then turned left to clark creek trail, did some tenkara fly fishing at Kenny lake (lake full of small trout, seemed like brown and brook trout, a bite on nearly every cast even with 10-15mph winds) set up camp at said lake; morning continued on down clark creek trail, (took a dip in Clark lake, that really woke me up) eventually joined highline trail and as soon as could see river walked through meadow, inflated boat and weaved through the river meadow after some time river became clogged with non-runnable wood jammed sieved out boulder gardens, very beautiful; I began to exhaustively portage around these obstacles eventually deflating and rejoining highline trail, setup camp approximately directly across from square top mountain. In my opinion, this would be the best place to list near misses since the AW site is already so mature. Cold water is brutal. I bought the Kokatat Swift Entry drysuit with relief zipper. 1. Get our free Handbook and Receive our weekly newsletter to see what's new at Backpacking Light! The lyrics seem more real after seeing that video of you bombing through the reeds. I underestimated the river and capsized in a river-wide ledge. Perfect conditions. Thanks for posting. If you prefer the calm of floating rivers and lakes without a fishing rod in your hands, there are a lot of places and options for adventure in Fremont County. This is the first verified packraft fatality due to entanglement. He had a paddle leash attached to his spray skirt pull loop. On July 15, 2017 river level was slightly higher than Martys highest run (number not recorded). I have worn my Kokatat Swift Entry Dry Suit while running <50 degree water on the Animas with air temps around 85 degrees and the Gunnison with air temps of 95 degrees. P.K. Autumn on the Wind offers clear cold nights, aurora viewing, fall colors, and excellent hiking. This can be combined with a loop hike and a climb of Gannet and/or Square top.