Kuskulana River

The snowfall in the higher mountains is said to be heavy, accumulating in massive drifts in the gulches and sheltered spots and in some places lasting throughout the summer.

The river derives its main supply from Kuskulana Glacier and is heavily laden with glacial silt and sand.

The river is said to get very low in the winter and goes dry at places in the upper basin above the canyon, where the underlying formation is composed of loose material.

There is no opportunity for large storage in the basin, but the river offers opportunity for the development of a thousand-horsepower or more for five or six months during the year by the construction of a dam at the canyon; but the winter flow is undoubtedly too low to warrant the operation of such a plant, even though ice difficulties could be overcome.

There are no glaciers in its basin, and the summer flow depends on rainfall and melting snow in the headwaters.