January 22, 2018
First #DogsOfPackrafting Photo Contest Winners!
Dogs of Packrafting, Photo GalleryCongratulations to the winner of our #DogsofPackrafting Photo Contest! Check out all the entries!
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January 14, 2018
Buy Packrafts Not Smartphones - A Packraft & Climbing Adventure in the Weminuche
Adventure StoriesExploring the Eastern Weminuche Wilderness of Southwest Colorado Photos & text by Katie Grauel The Animas River flows from just outside Silverton, Colo., cutting a deep river valley through the San Juan Mountains. In 2015, the EPA accidentally released a flood of contaminated water into Cement Creek previously trapped in […]
January 7, 2018
Adventure Bikes and Whale Bones - Bjørn Olson
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryIn the summer of 2017, four Alaskan adventurers, Bjørn Olson, Kim McNett, Daniel Countiss, and Alayne Tetor, set out from the village of Point Hope and fat biked and packrafted to the northern-most community in the United States, Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). Photos and captions by Bjørn Olson.
January 3, 2018
Gabriel Gersch's Outventurous Venture - Guiding the Wilds of Greenland
Adventure StoriesAdventurer, guide, and owner of Outventurous, Gabriel Gersch recently did an Instagram Takeover for Alpacka Raft of his exploratory packrafting trip to Greenland. Of adventure, Gersch says, “It begins with leaving our comfort zone in pursuit of intense, challenging and extraordinary moments. Life offers all kinds of ways to get […]
December 28, 2017
Conservationist, Adventurer, Alpacka Raft Legacy Ambassador – A Q&A with Brad Meiklejohn
Conservation EffortsBrad Meiklejohn’s passion for wild places drives him to not only explore the world’s most remote regions, but also to conserve them. Through his work as Alaska State Director for The Conservation Fund, he’s been instrumental in protecting nearly half a million acres of wild lands and rivers in the […]
December 21, 2017
Traversing The Canol Road - A BikeRafting Adventure Across A Failed Alaskan Pipeline
Adventure Stories, Conservation EffortsThough it was supposed to cost just million, the Canol Road and Pipeline went million over budget in the early 1940s and turned out to be a monumental failure. Five ladies, Sinead Earley, Hannah Johnston, Rohanna Gibson, Caitlin DuBiel, and Gabriela Stephens, decided to traverse this road via […]
December 14, 2017
Exploring Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Adventure Stories, Conservation EffortsAfter staging multiple adventure trips throughout the Southwest US over the past 34 years, we finally got our chance on the Escalante River. Photos & text by Tom Bartels All four in our group had spent time in the canyon backpacking in the past, but never on the Escalante. One […]
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 24, 2017
Packraft Packing Systems for On the Water + the *New* Expedition Bow Bag
News, Events, ReviewsAlpacka Raft Pro Team Athlete Dulkara Martig on Her Preferred Packing Methods for Packrafting Adventures Sign up for our email to find out about specials and discounts: http://eepurl.com/c91LOf Dulkara’s Packing System My favorite packrafting trips are remote and long, involving multisports or rugged sections of hiking before I get to a river. […]
November 19, 2017
Making the Waiau-toa Odyssey - Behind the Scenes Look at an Award-Winning NZ BikeRafting Film
Adventure StoriesChecking In With the Waiau-Toa Odyssey Crew. What’s Next? This summer we premiered the award-winning New Zealand film, “Waiau-Toa Odyssey,” at the Mancos Valley River Film Festival, a fundraising event sponsored by Alpacka Raft. As a follow-up this fall, we asked Damian Stones, one of the athletes and the main […]
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 […]
November 8, 2017
*Limited Edition* Lime Green Fabric + 10% Off Sale Starts Today - Check Out The Photo Gallery
News, Events, ReviewsLimited Edition Lime Green Fabric Now Available 10% OFF All Pre-Orders — Get Yours Today! In the mid 1600s, the poet Pedro Calderon de la Barca said, “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” We dig the new lime green color, especially […]
November 3, 2017
Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part III
Packrafting SafetyHow To Mitigate the Dangers of Packrafting By Chad Oelke, cover shot by Mike Curiak In the third of this three-part series, we explore ways to mitigate the dangers of packrafting through: acquiring paddling skills and quickly responding to hazards; how to gain experience and good judgement; common causes of accidents; […]
October 27, 2017
Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part II
Packrafting SafetyUnderstanding Risk & Packrafting Safety In the second of this three-part series, we explore how to alleviate the dangers of swiftwater travel, including: the basics of reading water; anticipating river flow and force; how bends, gradient, and constrictions change river flow; understanding river features: eddies, waves, and holes; reading rapids; […]
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.”
October 20, 2017
Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part I
Packrafting SafetyExploring The Nature of Risk & How We Can Mitigate the Dangers of Packrafting In the first of this three-part series, we explore the nature of risk, why we seek it out, and the gear we need to stay safe. Read part II and and part III. By Chad Oelke In […]
October 12, 2017
4 Guys, 4 Packrafts, 10 Rivers - Traversing the Mackenzie Mountains on Foot & Packraft
Adventure StoriesFour Adventurers Take On Alaska’s Mackenzie Mountains Via Foot & Packraft Photos by Paul Burbidge. Follow us on Instagram to see additional photos from their adventure. In August, Sky Pearson, Dylan Stewart, Paul Christensen, and Paul Burbidge hiked 620+ miles, paddled 10 rivers, and portaged 93 miles in 21 days, […]
October 2, 2017
Youngest Adventure Racer Finishes AR World Championships
News, Events, ReviewsHunter Leidinger Becomes the Youngest Adventure Racer to Ever Compete in the Sport’s World Event When Team AR Geogria crossed the finish line at the AR World Champs in Wyoming this afternoon there was a small crowd gathered there greet them … and a golden trophy waiting for one of […]
September 27, 2017
Adventurer Christian Clot Traverses 4 Extreme Environments to Study Human Adaptability
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryExplorer and researcher Christian Clot succeeded in multiple solo traverses of extreme environments on his expedition – Adaptation 4×30. Christian Clot traversed the four most extreme environments on earth by foot and by raft to study the adaptability of human beings. He first crossed Iran’s Dasht-E Lut desert, the hottest […]
September 11, 2017
8 Days Packrafting Idaho's Middle Fork
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryA Packraft Adventure on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho Follow us all this week on Instagram to see more photos & read more stories by Dan Ransom The Middle Fork is definitely not a traditional packrafting river. It’s one of the most famous and popular river trips in America, with over […]