Packrafting Alaska's Aniakchak River
Aniakchak National Monument may be best known for its status as the country's least visited national park site, seeing only 134 visitors in 2014. It's not only remote, accessible by...
Northern Sanctuary: A Packrafting and Climbing Journey in Northern Canada's Nahanni National Park
Over 40 hours of driving, only stopping for gas and the occasional burrito, took us from Southern California to Fort Simpson, NWT, nestled under impossibly large boreal skies. I’ve always...
Borderland: Packrafting the Rio Grande
In January four friends and I set out on a weeklong, 83 mile journey by packraft down the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande. Just downstream of Big Bend National...
Adventures Swiftwater Training in Oregon
For a long time, my packraft was more or less a tool with which to get away from people and to knock back a couple beers in the middle of...
Packrafting Quarantine Workout
By now the allure of Netflix (and the insanity that is Tiger King) has worn off and the plethora of extra snacks in the house has taken its toll. With...
Olympic Peninsula Traverse: Source to Sea
The rock was so smooth it felt almost soft under the pads of my fingertips, skimming the canyon wall in search of irregularities. Water and time are the most impressive...
Packrafting First Descent in the Heart of New Zealand's Wild Southern Alps
"With bags packed, these packrafters marched 35km from Whataroa, New Zealand to find Ice Lake, the source of their whitewater ambitions." - Barny Young @barnyyoung
11 Reasons the XPD Packraft is for You
Packrafts have long been based around the central premise of light and fast travel, giving explorers the leeway to travel far and wide. The packability and durability of a TPU...
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...
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...
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...
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...