Cold Water Paddling Tips

Cold Water Paddling Tips

It can be rough, yet incredibly rewarding to paddle in the “off season”. Here’s a few top tips from what to wear paddling, the right gear for cold weather, safety tips, things to make winter paddling more comfortable and ways to get you prepared for cold water packrafting and kayaking in the winter and snow.

December 20, 2022 — Tristan Burnham
Cold Weather Packrafting Safety Tips

Cold Weather Packrafting Safety Tips

Just because temperatures have taken up residence somewhere between chilly and frigid, doesn’t mean we have to put our paddles up until warmer days. Our region boasts a plethora of...
June 17, 2021 — admin
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Slow Ride Gargano: A Bikepacking and Packrafting Adventure

Slow Ride Gargano: A Bikepacking and Packrafting Adventure

The Gargano National Park, with its 121,000 hectares, offers the spectacle of biodiversity as well as a unique territory made up of white rocky coasts, mountains and beech forests. Out...
June 17, 2021 — admin
Self-Bailer vs. Spraydeck Comparison

Self-Bailer vs. Spraydeck Comparison

As we’ve gotten more into whitewater packrafting using our open deck rafts that aren’t necessarily meant for swift water, my boyfriend Tristan and I have been looking to upgrade to...
June 17, 2021 — admin
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16 Days in the Gates of the Arctic

16 Days in the Gates of the Arctic

The Gates of the Arctic is the most remote national park in the United States. It is situated within the Arctic Circle and has no roads or any sort of...
June 17, 2021 — admin
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10 Put-in's That Take You From Vanlife To Packrafting In Minutes

10 Put-in's That Take You From Vanlife To Packrafting In Minutes

Life on the road keeps adventure right at our doorstep, but pavement and highways can only take you so far. When we first hit the road we didn’t have a...
June 17, 2021 — Talita Taiti
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Recon Packraft: Your New Go-To for Larger Water

Recon Packraft: Your New Go-To for Larger Water

Packrafts turned the kayaking world on its head. They're lightweight yet durable, allowing paddlers to take their adventure anywhere. This past year we launched a brand new one of a...
August 06, 2019 — admin
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Meandering Through Clear Creek, Arizona

Meandering Through Clear Creek, Arizona

East Clear Creek is one of the best, and most easily accessible swimming holes in Northern Arizona, and also boasts some of the best deep water soloing in the region....
April 21, 2019 — admin
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Monarch Icefields: Canadian Skiing Expedition

Monarch Icefields: Canadian Skiing Expedition

Instead of taking a full sized raft, have any of you heard of packrafting? There are many reasons for a multi-sport trip. Ours started out of necessity. Skiing on an...
February 26, 2019 — admin
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Lan Ha Bay: Packrafting and Deep Water Soloing

Lan Ha Bay: Packrafting and Deep Water Soloing

Juuso expressed this was hands down one of his favorite trips we did while we were in Vietnam. “There was a sense of freedom I felt not being tied into...
November 05, 2018 — admin
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No Such Thing as a Rain Delay

No Such Thing as a Rain Delay

The rain certainly showed no signs of retreating and our rain shells succumbed to the elements. We made valiant efforts to remain dry, but those efforts were short-lived as we...
October 22, 2018 — admin
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Why I Took the Packrafting Plunge

Why I Took the Packrafting Plunge

A packraft is the perfect accomplice for weekend expeditions. About a year ago, I was in Red Canyon on the Green River in far northeastern Utah, wrapping up fieldwork on...
October 02, 2018 — admin
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