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McCarthy River Tours Raft Alaska's Best Rivers, in America's Largest Wilderness. Drysuits for All River Rafting & Paddling Adventures! You can be assured that you are in good hands!

We are proud to be the first company in the Wrangell Mountains to offer both dry-suits and helmets to all of our customers. Your safety is our number one priority at McCarthy River Tours & Outfitters. Alaska’s glacier-fed rivers are mighty cold; drysuits mean you stay comfortable, dry and yes – you can even choose to jump into these amazing rivers! (Watch the video!) We seek out the best guides, with experience boating whitewater rivers around the world, all trained in wilderness medicine, and excited to be here in Alaska. Wilderness Gourmet Meals – Alaskan Style. Along with safety, we also offer the highest quality meals for your enjoyment and comfort. We do our best to source our food supplies and find Alaska produced meats and vegetables to compliment the surrounding beauty of the land. All of our guides are culinary experts in wilderness cooking and take pride in the river side feast. What could be more enjoyable than settling that fresh salmon dinner with some perfectly baked Dutch Oven brownies? Alaska, or “The Great Land,” is America’s last great frontier. Rugged mountains, hanging glaciers, and abundant wildlife are all on display in this rugged, remote land. Alaska is over 1/5th the size of the continental United States with a year round population well under one million people, the wildness here is on a scale unparalleled anywhere else!

08/07/2026

Two Glacier lakes from one vantage point. Standing on the tiny isthmus between the two lakes at the "toe" of the Kennicott Glacier. You can get out here on either or half day raft or kayak tours

07/26/2026

We had a few visitors during our safety talk... Katmai National Park has the highest concentration of grizzly bears in the world. The abundance of food like salmon and berries makes the bears less territorial than in other places. The concentration showed after seeing 20+bears on a 4 day trip!

🎥 Lyndsay Hupp

Hello from King Salmon, AK! We're doing something we've never done before! We hauled some boating gear to Anchorage, ...
07/21/2026

Hello from King Salmon, AK! We're doing something we've never done before! We hauled some boating gear to Anchorage, got ition a freighter flight here. Tomorrow we're flying out to the Alagnak River for 3 nights/4 days of rafting, historical site surveys and epic memory making.

Special thanks to Katmai National Park & Preserve for making this trip happen. We're excited to be a part of this youth culture camp. Stay tuned for post trip pictures!

07/14/2026

One of the best things about an Upper Chitina River trip are the side stops and hikes. We stopped in at the Barnard Glacier river outlet for a stroll through some dwarf fireweed, dryas and to soak in some amazing views of the Barnard Glacier.

This is 1 of 2 glaciers that come to down towards the river. The secret? It is a WIDE river valley(4 miles wide places) and you gotta go with the folks that know how to pick their way through the braids to get here.(pst... that's us) Otherwise you may float right on by and never know there was even a couple glaciers here...

07/14/2026

One of the windiest spots in Alaska, the confluence of the Chitina and Copper rivers. Where these 2 rivers meet, the Chitina more than doubles the flow of the Copper, sending an impressive 200,000+ cubic feet of water(cfs) flowing down steam towards the Miles and Childs glaciers and Copper River Delta.

07/11/2026

One of the best feelings in the world is watching that bush plane fly away. Leaving you standing on a river bank 20 miles from the next humans...

Just back off our July Tana trip! 4 day whitewater express, flying into the upper river, running some of the finest cl...
07/08/2026

Just back off our July Tana trip! 4 day whitewater express, flying into the upper river, running some of the finest class IV+ whitewater in Alaska, enjoying some fine views from camp(and the river) and flying out of Jake's Bar back to McCarthy.

We offer this trip in 3 formats-
✅️ 4 day Fly-In, Fly-Out
✅️ 6 Day Fly-In, Foat Out to Chitina
✅️ 12 Day Epic Source to Sea continuing down the Copper River to Cordova

If you are looking for remote country combined with large volume whitewater and some of the best scenery in the world, the Tana River is a gem 💎 !

And that's that. 5 incredible days on the Upper Chitina River. We had sun, we had drizzle, we had a strong breeze and...
07/03/2026

And that's that. 5 incredible days on the Upper Chitina River. We had sun, we had drizzle, we had a strong breeze and we had a ton of fun!

We spent some time exploring around the Barnard and Hawkins glaciers. A herd of Bison bid us farewell our last morning before departing camp and we had a little time to fly a kite.

The Upper Chitina checks almost all the boxes. Some great whitewater to start, a couple glaciers that approach the edge of the river, one of the most braided river corridors in the world in one of the most remote landscapes.

07/02/2026

The Kennicot River Lodge in McCarthy Alaska overlooks the Kennecott Glacier and this wilderness frontier town. Million dollar views and comfortable, off the grid lodging.

06/26/2026

And there they go! Gabe and Leo fly out to start rigging for our upper Chitina 5 day river trip! Nik and crew will fly out tomorrow to join them, floating past the Hawkins and Barnard glaciers, negotiating one of the worlds most braided rivers and hoping to spot a few bison along the way.

Truly one of North America's great adventures. If you crave to stand on land that feels like you are the first humans to ever walk there. This trip is right up your alley!

We typically offer 2 trips every year, and no one knows these rivers like McCarthy River Tours does.

Stay tuned for pics post trip!

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Mile 59 McCarthy Road
McCarthy, AK
99588

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+19073020688

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