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.
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March 25, 2020
The Alpacka Dog Pack Is Social Distancing Too
Dogs of Packrafting, UncategorizedSocial Distancing At Its Finest:How the Alpacka Raft Dog Pack is keeping calm and staying their distance. Photos: Dustin Partridge, Emily Ledergerber, Ragina Bilbrey, Nancy McLain Halls, Hannah Sturm, Zach Irwin, Molly Sharpe Harrison As with many, several of us at Alpacka Raft are working from home and staying in […]
March 18, 2020
UncategorizedCOVID-19 Update A message to the packrafting community about how we’re handling the pandemic. Dear Packrafting Community, If anything, 2020 has been a rollercoaster. Just as we started into March and early season packrafting in the Northern Hemisphere, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US and Europe with full force. On […]
March 10, 2020
Inspiration for Adventuring Close to Home
Adventure Stories, Trip IdeasTrip Ideas in the Southwest to Help You Adventure Near Home Looking to avoid travel, but still want to have fun? Not all adventures require flight travel or long distances to be great, including packrafting trips. Avoid the crowds, hop in your packraft and pick an adventure close to home. […]
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 […]
February 19, 2020
UncategorizedReflections from the Rio Bravo Written by Monica Morin | Photos by Parker Anders It’s winter and the desert is calling. The decision was made to push the boundaries and plan a 19-day packrafting trip down the Rio Grande River in Texas/Rio Bravo in Chihuahua Mexico. The 210 mile stretch […]
February 5, 2020
Third Annual #DogsOfPackrafting Photo Contest!
Dogs of Packrafting, UncategorizedThank you to everyone who voted for our #DogsOfPackrafting (and cats too!) photo contest on Facebook and Instagram. The votes have been tallied and the results are in. See below to check out the winners! Winner: First Place!“Towing the dogs around Kachemak Bay.”Submitted by: Sarah Metzger @metzie79 2nd Place:“Me and […]
January 29, 2020
A Ski to Packraft Odyssey in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains
Adventure StoriesPhotos by Andrew Burr | Story Carmen Kuntz And so it began… With gusting winds blowing outside, we were cold just thinking about the whitewater to ski touring trip we had planned for early February in BC’s Coast Mountains. But good friends will follow good friends into questionable adventures. So, […]
January 23, 2020
Packrafting in British Columbia: A Provincial Park Ranger’s Personal Take
ConservationPackrafting in British Columbia: A Provincial Park Ranger’s Personal Take Story and Photos by Darragh Carroll, Park Ranger Darragh Carroll is a Park Ranger who looks after 15 Provincial Parks in the Whistler/Pemberton area of Canada. Irish-born, Darragh has now lived in beautiful British Columbia for nearly seven years. He […]
January 15, 2020
Gateway to Fun – California Women’s Watersport Collective Adds Packrafts to their lineup
News, Events, ReviewsPhoto and Stories from: The California Women’s Watersport Collective The California Women’s Watersport Collective (Cali Collective) added two donated Alpacka Raft Gnarwhals to their lineup. “We are thrilled to have these great packrafts in their quiver. And holy moly…we were missing out without them!”, said Melissa DeMarie, Cali Collective’s Chief […]
January 8, 2020
Broken Roads—A journey through Knoydart, one of the UK’s least accessible peninsulas.
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Athletes & AmbassadorsBroken Roads—A journey through Knoydart, one of the UK’s least accessible peninsulas. Story, Photos and Film By: Annie Lloyd Evans Featuring Annie Lloyd Evans and Huw Oliver This is my pee bottle, don’t be alarmed if you see me using it in the night”. Quite forward from a man id […]
December 25, 2019
Welcome to the World of Packrafting
News, Events, ReviewsLightweight Boats, Easy Portages, Fun, Fun, Fun — Welcome to Packrafting Story by Marilyne Marchand. Feature photo by Tomas Zalepa. Other photographers identified in individual photos. Imagine a canoe or kayak course connecting several different streams that do not communicate with one another. Impassable rapids and passages too shallow to […]
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 […]
December 11, 2019
Photographer Andrew Burr on Adventure, Photography & Packrafting
Athletes & AmbassadorsAdventure Photographer. Lives in Salt Lake City, Utah “When it comes to photography, I’ve learned throughout the years that it’s best to go into any situation or trip with an open mind creatively so that you’re aware of any and all photographic possibilities,” says long-time adventure photographer and new Alpacka […]
December 4, 2019
Kayaker-Turned Packrafter, Casey Fulton Has Explored the World
Athletes & AmbassadorsPhotographer, Adventurer, Aspiring Nurse, Lives in Missoula, Montana For Casey Fulton, the creative process of planning adventures begins with picking a part of the world, staring at maps, and then imagining creative ways to connect whitewater rivers and ridgelines. “The idea turns into an obsession, and then finally I tell […]
November 20, 2019
The Trippin Crew: Alastair Parkin, Joe Flanagan & Sam Flanagan
Athletes & AmbassadorsAthletes, Film Makers. Live in the United Kingdom The Trippin trio thrives off riding bikes in the mountains. Their adventures primarily “spring randomly” from some small amount of interesting learned information about a place. And then, says Alastair, they try to think how to make it different. Over the years […]
November 11, 2019
Luc Mehl's Review Of The New 2020 Expedition
News, Events, ReviewsThe new and improved 2020 Expedition is now available. Review and Photos by: Luc Mehl Based on its name alone, I assumed that the Expedition was the right Alpacka packraft for me. Like most packrafters, I started as a backpacker, not a boater, and my principal use for a packraft […]
November 6, 2019
Nathan Fa'avae – 5-Time World Champion on Packrafts in Adventure Racing
Adventure StoriesAmbassador Dulkara Martig chats with accomplished adventure racer, Nathan Fa’avae, about packrafts and their use in adventure racing. Check out Nathan’s book, “Adventurer at Heart,” on Amazon.com. DM: What expedition races have you used packrafts in?NF: The first time was eco challenge Fiji in 2002. I’d never heard of them prior […]
October 23, 2019
The Seasons are a Changing – November is Winter
Adventure StoriesStories From a Cold-Weather Packrafter (Maybe?) Katie Grauel reflects on her very cold trip to the Gates of Lodore on the Green River and whether or not she’ll ever packraft in winter conditions again. Story and photos courtesy of Katie. I only embark on river expeditions once my chances of […]
October 16, 2019
A Dream Packrafting Adventure Down the Franklin River
Adventure Stories, Athletes & AmbassadorsDulkara Martig actualizes a nine-day dream trip packrafting Tasmania, down the Franklin River By Dulkara Martig. Photos by Dulkara Martig and Ben Weigl. The Franklin River offers one of the most impressive multi-day whitewater journeys to be found anywhere. It winds its way 120 kilometers through one of the most […]