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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 […]
2nd Annual Mancos Valley River Film Fest Film Line Up
News, Events, ReviewsClick here to buy Your Film Fest Tickets Today! FIRST HALF – ~41 MIN of FILM Alpacka Raft Wright Award Submission – 1:30 – Katie Schuler (Coral & Oak) The Land We Live In – 5:32 – Jayme Dittmar From the Doorstep – 4:00 – Pursuit Films Our Wild – […]
Alaska Fly Fishing & Packrafting: An Inside Look at the Making of the Film, “100 Miles”
Fly FishingUPDATE! “100 Miles” Now Available on Vimeo Check out our Q&A With Fly Out Media Producer Cory Luoma About his Award-Winning, Alaska-Based Fly Fishing & Packrafting Film Cory Luoma and Katie Edmiston of Fly Out Media created their first film in 2011, and have made over a dozen conservation, web series, […]
2nd Annual Mancos Valley River Film Fest, June 29-30 - All Burro & 416 Firefighters Get in Free
News, Events, Reviews2nd Annual Mancos Valley River Film Festival, June 29 & 30: Premiering Never-Before-Seen, “From the Doorstep” Burro & 416 Firefighters Get in Free! Get your tickets today! Local nonprofit Mancos Valley Resources (MVR) and Founding Sponsor Alpacka Raft are spearheading the 2ndAnnual Mancos Valley River Film Fest with a “Local’s Night” […]
Pristine & Untouched - A Photographer Shares Arctic Refuge Photos - 5000 Miles of Wild
Conservation EffortsAdventure Photographer & Conservationist Mollie Foster Shares Photos & Her Love for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – a 5000 Miles of Wild Story. Last August I started a two-week backpacking and packrafting trip in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with a visit to the expansive oil development in Prudhoe […]
Born From Necessity: The Invention of the Modern Day Inflation Bag
Packrafting HistoryAlpacka Raft’s Sheri Tingey and the Invention of the Modern Day Inflation Bag The original packraft inflation bag (for modern-day packrafts) was like an accordion, cylindrical and held open with metal stiffeners (stays) that Sheri Tingey found on the floor of Home Depot; bailing wire that used to hold bags […]
You, Too, Can Learn to Packraft A Tale From Someone Who Never Imagined Boating Whitewater
Adventure StoriesA Self-Proclaimed Non-Athlete On How Even Amateurs Can Become Solid Packrafters & Have The Most Fun on Whitewater — A 5000 Miles of Wild Story Share Your Story to Support the 5000 Miles of Wild Campaign (and also get the Chance to Win a Werner Sherpa Paddle!) Photos, illustrations, & story […]
Packrafting from Alaska Arizona - A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesAn Alaskan MacGyver Takes On The Grand Canyon — A 5000 Miles of Wild Packrafting Tale Share Your Story to Support the 5000 Miles of Wild Campaign (and also get the Chance to Win a Werner Sherpa Paddle!) Photos & story by David Hertel Last November, my buddy told me he […]
Boating Lunch Counter at the APA Roundup - A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesA 5000 Miles of Wild Story – Molly Harrison Overcomes her Fear of Big Rapids While Surrounded by Experts at the APA Roundup 2017 Story by Molly Harrison, video by Andy Darling, photo by Dan Ransom We had a large group on the Snake River on this day, and with […]
Accidentally Weightless on the Gothic - A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesA Packrafter’s Long Road to Recovery After a Waterfall Accident on the Gothic River is Slowed by Arthritis, But Nothing Dampens His Stoke – A 5000 Miles of Wild Story Share Your Story to Support the 5000 Miles of Wild Campaign (and also get the Chance to Win a Werner […]
Caught in the Current: Riding Alaska’s Whitewater Packrafting Revolution
Packrafting HistoryPro Team Athlete Luc Mehl Documents the Beginning of the Whitewater Packrafting Revolution — A 5000 Miles of Wild Story Share Your Packrafting Story for the Chance to Win a Werner Sherpa Paddle! Story & photos by Luc Mehl Like most people buying packrafts 10 years ago, I wanted […]