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Perfectly Packable. Easily Storable - Urban Packraft Adventure w/ Jacob Kastrup Haagensen
Urban AdventureAdvice & Stories From One of Europe’s Most Prolific Urban Packrafters If you don’t live in the wilderness, but want to bring some adventure into your urban life, there’s a solution. Packrafts. Jacob Kastrup Haagensen (aka @UrbanPackrafter) bought his first packraft where he was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. […]
Baffin Island by Foot and Packraft - A (Cold) Solo Adventure
Adventure StoriesUltralight Gear Entrepreneur & Adventurer Steve Evans Spent Eight Days Alone on Baffin Island, Circumnavigating Mt. Thor & Getting the First Packraft Descent of the Weasel River Thanks so much to Steve Evans (@suluk46) for sharing his stories, photos, and video with us. We follow him on Instagram because we […]
Lessons in Flexibility: Learning to Slow Down in Alaska's Brooks Range
Adventure StoriesAn Expedition to the Arctic Refuge Derailed by Bad Weather Reminds Cairn Project Ambassador Emily Sullivan the Benefits of Slowing Down Photos and text by Emily Sullivan. “Flexibility is key in the Arctic.” Bush pilots Dirk and Danielle of Coyote Air, from Coldfoot, Alaska, say flexibility is key in this […]
Crystal Clear Water & Glacier Cycling - Bikerafting Greenland, A Photo Essay
Adventure Stories, Athletes & AmbassadorsBikeraft Greenland — UK-Based Alpacka Raft Ambassadors, Annie Le Evans & Huw Oliver, Explore a Vast Icy Landscape by Bike & Packraft Welcome to the Alpacka Raft ambassador team, Annie Le Evans and Huw Oliver! These two adventurers are based in Scotland, where they teach outdoor education and embark on […]
Where The River Meets The Road - A Solo Adventurer Bikerafts the Yukon River
BikeraftingJessica Kelley, Winner of the New Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Grant, Bikerafts the Yukon River This summer I completed a 1300-mile bikerafting loop through Alaska that I called, “Where the River Meets the Road.” My goals for this trip were to promote low-impact travel, to encourage human-powered exploration in Alaska, […]
Where the Gradient Begins - A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesRemembering a First Packrafting Adventure on Michigan’s Carp River – A 5000 Miles of Wild Story American Rivers and American Whitewater are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act with the 5000 Miles of Wild Campaign. Their goal? Gathering 5000 river stories and saving 5000 more river miles. […]
Wild and Scenic Montana! - East Rosebud Creek Newly Designated
Adventure Stories, Conservation Efforts, News, Events, ReviewsWhat Makes a River “Wild and Scenic” and Why East Rosebud Creek in Montana Deserves The Designation by Kevin Colburn, the National Stewardship Director of American Whitewater Photos and story by Kevin Coburn. We call it bear spray boating, because here’s the secret: almost all the best packrafting in Montana […]
A Maiden Voyage – Two Gals Take on Scotland’s Great Wilderness by Mountain Bike & Packraft
Adventure Stories, BikeraftingTwo Professional Mountain Bikers Take on Scotland’s Great Wilderness (and Its Midges) by Bike & Packraft Story by Catriona Sutherland, photos by Ross Bell. As Naomi Freireich and I stepped out of the van, rain pouring, a mass of midges descended upon us. We’d picked the only week of wet […]
Business Profile – Meet Michaela & Seon, Owners of Our Newest Retailer, Packraft Europe
Family Packrafting, News, Events, Reviews, Packrafting SafetyMichaela & Seon Crockford-Laserer Love Adventure, Family, and Packrafting, So it Made Perfect Sense to Them to Found Packraft Europe, the First Alpacka Raft Retailer in Central Europe. Follow the Alpacka Raft Instagram page August 27-31 to see more of their stunning photos. In 2014, Michaela and Seon Crockford-Laserer started […]
The Kimberley is Not Suffering
Adventure Stories, Athletes & AmbassadorsTwo Alpacka Raft Athletes Embark on an Adventure to the Kimberley, the Furthest of Australia’s Outback, a Wild Frontier with Few Roads and Fewer People. By Brad Meiklejohn, Alpacka Raft Legacy Ambassador. Photos by Ben Weigl, Dulkara Martig, and Meiklejohn. Follow us on Instagram all this week (Aug 13-17, 2018) to see […]
Packraft Safety: Prepared to Rescue
Packrafting SafetyPackraft Safety: How Do We Prepare for Rescue? Backcountry Ranger Monica Morin Discusses Eight Important Factors to Consider. By Monica Morin. The first time I threw a throw rope it landed 20 feet up in the tree behind me. Oops!! It’s rare that things ever go as planned. Being prepared […]
Packraft Innovation: Sheri Tingey & A Brief History of the Cargo Fly
Packrafting HistoryAlpacka Raft’s Head Designer & Co-Founder, Sheri Tingey, on How, When, & Why She Figured Out How to Put Those Nifty Waterproof TIZIP® Zippers on All Packrafts & How That Packraft Innovation Changed the Game. “It was 2004 or 2005, when I was on a trip to the Copper Canyon […]
The Canol Heritage Trail - Taking on 221 Miles of Canada's Most Remote Terrain by Bike & Packraft
Adventure Stories, BikeraftingFour Itinerant Adventurers Bike & Packraft the Canol Heritage Trail, One of Canada’s Most Remote, Rugged, River-Strewn Paths Through the Wilderness Dylan Stewart, Anthony DeLorenzo, Paul Burbidge, and Josh DeCloet recently returned from a trip to the Mackenzie Mountains to bike the Canol Heritage Trail (and back). This 221-mile trail […]
Madagascar by Bike & Packraft – A Photo Essay
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Photo Gallery, Athletes & AmbassadorsAlpacka Raft Photo Ambassador (& All-Around Badass Whitewater Boater) Casey Fulton Shares His Madagascar Bikeraft Adventure in Photos Photos & story by Casey Fulton. Follow Fulton on Instagram, and check out the Alpacka Raft Instagram feed all this week (August 6-10) to see additional photos. I love staring at maps and […]
30 Years in Alaska - A Photo Essay by Philip Tschersich
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryA Photo Essay of Kodiak & Other Parts of Alaska Photos & captions by Philip Tschersich Philip Tschersich has called Kodiak, Alaska home for almost 30 years. He has traveled extensively throughout the Kodiak Archipelago on foot and by sea kayak during that time. About five years ago a friend […]
No Exit: A 1st Descent of a 50-Foot Wide Underground River
Adventure StoriesA 1st Descent: Chris Higgins Leads A Team of Cavers Under 3 Mountains, Down 7 Miles of River Photos, video, and story by Chris Higgins. Visit us on Instagram @alpacka_raft all this week to see more photos of packrafting and the cavers! Around ten years ago I visited a cave with […]
Techniques for Cleaning Your Packraft to Keep Our Waterways Free of Invasive Species By R. Isaí Madriz Taking time to properly clean and dry a boat is key to keeping waterways healthy and preventing the spread of introduced and invasive species, which can wreak havoc on ecosystems and their native […]
"From the Doorstep" - An Exclusive Premiere of an Urban Bikerafting Adventure Tale
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Urban AdventureAlpacka Raft Partners With Pursuit Films to Launch an Urban Bikerafting Adventure Tale, “From The Doorstep,” Online, July 13th In partnership with Pursuit Films, we premiered “From the Doorstep,” an urban bike and packrafting tale featuring adventurer Brian Donnelly, at the Mancos Valley River Film Festival on Saturday, June 30th. […]
The first trout that Paolo Marchesi Caught at Age Three, at a Pay Pond by the Sesia River in the Italian Alps Saved His Life Story & photos by Paolo Marchesi I’m not sure when I started feeling the weight of depression and suicidal thoughts. But by my late twenties, […]
Renee Patrick, and Her Friends Kirk and Grant Take On the Minam River – A 5000 Miles of Wild Story When Kirk and I traveled to the Minam River in the Wallowa Mountains in June 2012, we hit the spring snowmelt and were faced with flows around 3,500 cfs, and […]