July 2, 2024
Exploring the mind and vertical limits of packrafting.
Adventure Stories, Packrafts, blog post, ValkyrieExploring waterfalls of Chile in the Valkyrie.
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February 28, 2024
Low and Slow: Building Whitewater Packrafting Skills
Packrafting Safety, Adventure Stories, Trip IdeasWhen water is low and your waiting for spring runoff, whitewater can be hard to find. But don’t worry, there are other ways to get your whitewater fix and improve your skills before the bigger flows return.
March 28, 2020
Adventure Stories, Conservation, Trip Ideas, UncategorizedGreat Packrafting Films For Your Home Screen. Check out a good compilation of recent films to help you get stoked for packrafting.
December 18, 2019
A Paddle / Climb Expedition on Baffin Island
Adventure Stories, ClimbingStory and Photos by Bronwyn Hodgins This summer myself, my husband (Jacob Cook) and two of my longtime closest friends (Zack Goldberg-Poch and Thor Stewart) traveled to Baffin Island in northern Canada, only a few hundred km across the bay from Greenland. Our mission was to climb some big mountain […]
July 11, 2022
An overnight bikerafting loop just outside of Moab, UT.
Bikerafting, Adventure StoriesEszter and her crew grabbed their bikes and packrafts and headed out on an overnight bikerafting adventure just outside of Moab.
February 26, 2020
A Hidden Triangle of Wild – Into the Badger-Two Medicine
Adventure StoriesA Hidden Triangle of Wild – Into the Badger-Two Medicine Photos and Story by Tara Kramer We followed grizzly tracks along the old road bed for the entire first day. Over a pass, along the ridge, down into the thin waters of the South Fork of the Badger. We’d loose […]
January 6, 2022
Paddling Blind - Blind explorer, Erik Weihenmayer paddles Alaska for Welcome to Earth
Adventure Stories, Athletes & Ambassadors, Trip IdeasPaddling Blind. Erik Weihenmayer paddles Alaska for the new Welcome to Earth Series with Will Smith
June 20, 2017
Adventure StoriesPackrafting Afghanistan – 1st Descent of the Oxus River Story & photos by Jonathan Rider Rafting in Afghanistan. Sounds fun. Packrafting Afghanistan. Even better. In September 2015 Edmund Le Brun and I made the first descent of the Oxus River from its source in the Afghan Pamir to the border […]
April 9, 2018
Adventure Stories10 Fort Lewis College Adventurers Hike & Packraft 80 Miles of Uninhabited Desert Country Below Clay Hills to The San Juan Arm of Lake Powell Photos & story by Brett Davis “For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will […]
April 24, 2018
What Have Rivers Given You? A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesAlex LaLonde on Learning Focus, Resilience, and Respect on The Saranac River (& Other Rivers) – A 5000 Miles of Wild Whitewater Story Share Your Story for the Chance to Win a Werner Sherpa Paddle! As a way to explore some of the world’s packrafting landscape and also fulfill their […]
March 5, 2018
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Packrafting HistoryBiking & Rafting (aka Bikerafting): An Early History of Two Human-Powered Travel Methods From the Perspective of Some Legendary Adventurers By Lizzy Scully, with significant help from Steve “Doom” Fassbinder and Roman Dial “Bikes and rafts are a really cool combination, one that will make you feel clever, especially when […]
December 6, 2017
Adventure Stories, Fly FishingA Man & His Dog Make the 1st Trek Across the Remote Newfoundland Wilderness, Feeding Themselves With Fish Along The Way Over the last few years Justin Barbour has completed and filmed solo long distance trips throughout his province. Last year he found a new adventure partner–his Cape Shore Water […]
November 13, 2017
Packrafting Across Nepal - A Creative & Adventurous Way to Graduate from University
Adventure Stories“Expeditionary Studies Students” Alex LaLonde and Theodore “Ted” Tetrault Explore Nepal’s Packrafting Landscapes for Capstone Project As a way to explore some of the world’s packrafting landscape and also fulfill their final Capstone Project at SUNY Plattsburgh (a graduation requirement), the duo of Ted Tetrault and Alex LaLonde will spend 40 […]
February 22, 2018
The Adventure Dispatch - Featuring Pro Team Athlete Steve "Doom" Fassbinder
Adventure Stories, Athletes & AmbassadorsPhotographer, Adventurer, and Alpacka Raft Ambassador Steve Fassbinder on Film In this episode of The Adventure Dispatch, Steve Fassbinder and Adam Zurn head to the timeless red deserts of the American West for an adventure that pushes the boundaries of a bike’s perceived limitations. Fly in to the middle of […]
February 6, 2018
Alpacka Raft Pro Team Athlete Spotlight - Dulkara Martig
Adventure Stories, Athletes & AmbassadorsFrom barefoot childhood wanderings to long-distance, multi-sport trips, Dulkara Martig was born into adventure Throughout February we will be featuring our new 2018 Pro Athlete Team—Dulkara Martig, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, Luc Mehl, and Mike Curiak. Each of these athletes boasts a wide spectrum of skills, from mountain biking to climbing […]
July 6, 2020
A packrafters paradise: South West New Zealand – Te Wāhipounamu
Adventure Stories, Packrafting Podcast, Athletes & AmbassadorsA packrafters paradise: South West New Zealand – Te Wāhipounamu Alpacka Raft Ambassador, Dulkara Martig, tells us about one of her favorite parts of New Zealand. And, she introduces us to one of its most prolific packrafters, Stanley Mulvany. Words by: Dulkara Martig | Photo above: Scotty Sinton There’s a […]
October 24, 2017
Employee Trip Profile - Molly Harrison & Crew Explore the Brooks Range by Raft
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryThis summer, Alpacka Raft Customer Service Rep Molly Harrison and four close friends trekked 160 miles through the Brooks Range “There is still wild country left to explore, and we saw the tiniest piece of it up in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”
April 3, 2019
Fluid Trails-Three Adventurers Bikeraft New Zealand’s Second Largest National Park
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Athletes & AmbassadorsKiwi adventurer Deane Parker is at it again, filming a bikeraft adventure to a remote New Zealand national park to highlight opportunities that flow from the economic growth of trail development. Fluid Trails – Kahurangi Bikerafting Epic Seeking Bigger, Longer, Harder Adventures After a successful bikeraft adventure that he captured […]
August 29, 2017
From Russia With Packrafting Love - Stories from Chukotka
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryAugust Instagram Takeover: Featuring Russian Adventure Photographer Timur Akhmetov My name is Timur, and I live in the far far East of Russia – Chukotka. This territory is directly across the Bering Strait from Alaska. I am an Environmentalist on a gold mine; I work shift by shift, which is […]