Packing Lists
Packing Lists
See Exactly What We Pack on our Paddling Trips
Whether you're heading out for a weekend river trip or a week-long expedition in Alaska, explore packing lists from the Alpacka team members and ambassadors. Each list includes a complete gear breakdown, some trip details, and an overhead photo showing exactly what made it into the packraft.
Jeff Creamer's Winter Grand Canyon Trip
Winter Trip - Packing List for Self
Trip Details
Where: Grand Canyon
What: 11 Days • 225 Miles • Car-to-car
Water Type: Bigwater Class III+
Gear List
- Packrafts: Alpacka Mage
- PFDs: Astral Indus
- Paddles: AquaBound Aerial Carbon 2pc + Aquabound Whiskey 4pc (spare)
- Paddling Suit & Clothing: Kokatat Idol Drysuit + Sweet Protection Rocker Helmet + NRS Pro Compact Throw Bag + IR Sixmile Skirt + Sockdolager Phantom Pogies + Army Surplus Field Pant Liners + Patagonia Micro Puff
- Accessories & Outfitting: Gunny Sack Internal Duffels + Chuckwagon Pod + Alpacka Lap Bag + Inflation Bag + Hyperlite Ultamid 2 tent + Nunatuk Sastrugi Sleeping Bag + Therm-A-Rest Sleeping Pad + Inflation Bag + OR Echo Sun Hoody
- Food: Basic Dehydrated Food + Sausages + Active sourdough starter + hardy vegetables
- Additional Must Have's:
Alpacka Oasis Bucket + Alum + Alpacka Pack-a-pump + Garmin Inreach mini + Salomon XA filter flask + Generic Fiberglass Fire Blanket + Suspicious Designs Titanium Firepan + Clean Mountain Can groover system (CMC) + Battery Bank + LED string lights + Chaco Ramble Clogs + Ombraz Sunglasses + Flipwich
Emily's Alaskan Family Trip
Family of Three: Two adults + Five-Year-Old Child
Trip Details
Where: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
What: 7 Days • 50 Miles • Family
Water Type: Fast Moving Class I - 2
Gear List:
- Packrafts: Ranger + Gnarwhal
- PFDs: Astral V-8 and Astral Kids Otter
- Paddles: AquaBound Shred Apart (Ranger) + AquaBound Whiskey (Gnarwhal)
- Paddling Suit & Clothing: Kokatat Women's Swift Entry Dry Suit + Rain Gear + Versa Fleece Pants + Alpine Fit baselayers + kids wetsuit + wet socks for all
- Accessories & Outfitting: Gunny Sack Internal Duffel (x4) + Chuckwagon Pod (x2) + Oasis Bucket + Roll Top internal Dry Bags (x2) + Pack-A-Pump + Flextail Max Pump + Hybrid Bow Bag + Liner (x3) + Wet Exit Duffle (for travel) + Cam Strap (for travel and towing)
- Food: Angry Pika breakfasts and coffee + Gastro Gnome Meals dinners + loads of snacks of all kinds. (We did bring in some pulled pork and egg bites for the first few mornings as well)
- Additional Must Have's:
Hyperlite Southwest 70L backpack, Hyperlite Daybreak 22 day pack, Jet Boil, Western Mountaineering and Feathered Friends Sleeping Bags + Sea to Summit Camp Pillows + Big Agnes and Therm-A-Rest Sleeping Pads + Big Agnes Copper Spur 3 Tent + Big Agnes Chairs, Honcho Poncho (kids warmth) + Sea to Summit Mosquito Head Nets + Sea to Summit Compression Sacks + Ombraz sunglasses + Crocs, OnX Maps iphone app - Miscellaneous/Kid Friendly Fun: Butterfly Kite (Great for trips like this!) + Fly Rod and Reel + Card Games + Journals and sketch pads + pencils + Water color paints
See photos and read more about the trip on our blog.
Jeff's 3-Day Sierra Nevada Trip
Packing List for Self and Group
Trip Details
Where: North Fork San Joaquin River, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada
What: 3 Days • 9.5 river miles +11 hiking miles
Water Type: Small Volume, Steep Class IV/V
- Packrafts: Valkyrie V3
- PFDs: Astral Layla + Astral Indus
- Paddles: AquaBound Aerial Carbon 2pc + Werner Shogun 1pc + Aquabound Whiskey 4pc (spare)
- Paddling Suit & Clothing: Kokatat OM Drytop + IR Rival Paddle Jacket + NRS neoprene shorts + Elbow guards + Sweet Protection Rocker Helmet + NRS Pro Compact Throw Bag + IR Sixmile Skirt
- Accessories & Outfitting: Hyperlite North Rim 70L backpack + Porter 85L backpack + Sockdolager Bad Larry + BRS 3000-T Stove + Vargo Titanium Pot + Chuckwagon Pod + Roll Top internal Dry Bags + Alpacka Lap Bag + Hyperlite Ultamid 2 Pyramid Tent + Durston X mid 2 + Western Mountaineering Nanolite Sleeping bag + Nemo Tensor Elite Sleeping Pad
- Food: Grits and Cheese, MountainHouse Biscuits and Gravy, Nescafe Gold Espresso Coffee
- Additional Must Have's:
Oasis Water Bucket + Pack-A-Pump + Alpacka Inflation Bag + Garmin Inreach mini + Salomon XA filter flask + Ursack Major
Emily's 2-Day Ruby-Horsethief Trip
Fun, Friends Trip - Packing List for Self
Trip Details
Where: Start in Colorado, end in Utah
What: 2-3 Days • 25 Miles • Friends
Water Type: Easy/Mellow Class I - 2 + afternoon headwind common
Gear List:
- Packrafts: Chinook (flatwater or lightwater models are preferred for this trip including the Aleutian, Caribou, or even the Mule)
- PFDs: Astral V-8
- Paddles: AquaBound Whiskey
- Paddling Suit & Clothing (summer trip/warm weather clothing): Rain Pants + Kokatat Women's Swift Entry Dry Suit (if needed) + NRS wet socks + Ibex Goat Tee (long and short sleeved)
- Accessories & Outfitting: Gunny Sack Internal Duffel (x2) + Chuckwagon Pod + Oasis Bucket + Pack-A-Pump + Flextail Max Pump + Hybrid Bow Bag + Liner
- Food: Gastro Gnome Meals and Angry Pika breakfasts + Snacks
- Additional Must Have's:
Hyperlite Daybreak 22 day pack, Jet Boil, Western Mountaineering Sleeping Bag + Sea to Summit camp pillow + Big Agnes Sleeping Pad + Hyperlite CrossPeak 1 tent + Big Agnes Chair, Sea to Summit Compression Sack + Ombraz Sunglasses + LaSportiva Running Shoes + Black Diamond Headlamp + OnX Maps iphone app + Clothes and warm layers for night time - Miscellaneous: Light Up Bocce Ball, Card Games
See photos and read more about the trip on our blog.