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ARTICLES Techniques Techniques & Best Practices
Members Only An Ultralighter Paddles on the Dark Side: Packrafting a Remote Canyon "Heavy" Style
by Carol Crooker
Packrafters need to limit their gear so it fits on the bow of their six-foot-long craft. This means dehydrated food for dinner, sleeping under a tarp and wearing wet clothes dry. What is river running like when big rafts haul the food and gear...Can an ultralight packrafter be enticed to the dark side? Read More...
ARTICLES Techniques Techniques & Best Practices
Packraft Rating (PR) System
by Roman Dial
Roman Dial demystifies whitewater for the packrafter wanting to understand the natural progression of learning to packraft in the context of increasingly difficult whitewater. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Packraft Trekking in Montana's Bear Trap Canyon (Videocast)
by Ryan Jordan and Bill Stadwiser
Ryan Jordan and Bill Stadwiser explore the Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness (the nation's first BLM-managed Wilderness Area) by foot and packraft. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Packrafting the Bear Trap Canyon
by Bill Stadwiser
Bill Stadwiser shares his notes on packrafting Bear Trap Canyon with Ryan Jordan. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Packrafting the Grand Canyon
by Roman Dial
Roman Dial leads first legal (permitted) packrafting trek in the Grand Canyon. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: The Fight to Permit Packrafting in the Grand Canyon
by Roman Dial and Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Roman Dial about his experience with the NPS for securing a permit to packraft the Grand Canyon. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Ultralight Packrafting in Cataract Canyon
by Forrest McCarthy
A river explorer takes on the Colorado River in a packraft. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Little Alpacka Packraft can Play with the Big Kids
by Carol Crooker
Green River through Desolation Canyon: 84 miles, 67 class II/II rapids, 7 days in a packraft. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Long Boat and Gear Repair
by Ken Knight
Delving deeper into the Alpacka longboat, gear repair, keeping healthy, and the upcoming ski season Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Hot Beds and Journalism
by Ken Knight
Erin and Hig talk about packraft innovations and how they record their travels. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges Continue
by Carol Crooker
The Outer Coast is at least as challenging as Hig and Erin anticipated - but often in surprising ways. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges
by Carol Crooker
After five months on the trail Erin and Hig have their scariest and most surreal encounters in Icy Bay. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Food Choices and Preparation
by Carol Crooker
Intrepid adventurers Erin and Hig are four months into their nine-month adventure. They talk about fuel for humans and cooking with wood for months on end. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Should a Non-Coastal Curmudgeon Care About Shrinking Old Growth Forests?
by Carol Crooker
Sure the land is gorgeous, but how is losing a few trees hundreds of miles away going to affect me? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Survival of the Fittest?
by Carol Crooker
Does keeping the species from extinction matter, or is it natural progression for humans to overrun the planet? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Packrafting Gear and Clothing
by Carol Crooker
Erin and Hig talk about the why's and how's of packraft use on their nine month journey along the Pacific coast. Read More...
ARTICLES Gear Gear Lists
Packrafting Gear List
by Ryan Jordan
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