Thanks to Sarah, Sheri & Thor Tingey of Alpacka Raft for seeding our Fund with a $2500 matching grant that we recently achieved! Thanks also to all who have supported this new fund. We’ll be announcing the scholarship application process early in 2025! If you know black, indigenous, Latinx or LGBTQ+ folks seeking outdoor adventure…
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Packraft Culture of Safety Month It’s the last day of the packraft community’s Culture of Safety Month! So we thought we’d chat about, well, safety. Swiftwater Rescue Courses First, swiftwater rescue courses. Why are they important for every packrafter? Because it’s imperative to be equipped with the skills you need to rescue yourself and your…
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“We’re trying to drift towards safety by embracing and fostering a culture of safety. A significant way to do that is to share incidents where things almost went wrong. I can give you a great short example. The little hardware that used to come with deck bags on various boats, both Alpacka and Kokopelli had…
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Introduction: Luc Mehl Interview by Lizzy Scully, photos courtesy of Luc Mehl. Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 25, 2024, and we’re publishing the 5th edition of our, “A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting & Bikerafting” Podcast. Today we dive into issues both beginners and experts will appreciate. Enjoy all the tools in Luc Mehl’s safety tool…
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Teaching Friends & Family How to packraft (or bikeraft) By Lizzy Scully, photos by Steve “Doom” Fassbinder from a family trip we did summer 2020 on another river. Updated April 18, 2024. How to Teach your Friends how to packraft Tip #1: pick an easy, local river A handful of miles up from a small…
Detailsmarch snows bring spring flows on the Dolores River & the animas! Great news! March snowstorms bolstered Colorado’s snowpack, and as of April 1st it was at 109% of the 30-year norm. And we still have a few weeks of possible additional snowstorms before melting intensifies. In a Denver Post article, National Weather Service meteorologist…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting Podcast, Episode #4 With Jeff Creamer Jeff Creamer, Class V Adventure Boater dives into expedition planning & more Today for our fourth episode of A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting & Bikerafting, we’re bringing you an interview with Jeff Creamer. Jeff teaches Swiftwater Safety Institute rescue courses and tests and makes…
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Jule Harle talks packraft instruction Introduction Photos courtesy of Alaska Packraft School and McKinney Makes Media Inc. (feature) In this third episode of A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting, Four Corners Guides owner Lizzy Scully talks with owner of Alaska Packrafting School Jule Harle. A long-time paddler and renowned instructor, Jule has guided for nearly two…
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We recently decided to begin running international expeditions. Thus, we want to share with you some of our and our friend’s foreign packraft and bikeraft travels and best places to packraft recommendations. Chris Brinlee Jr. is an adventure traveler who writes about and photographs his trips around the world. Luckily for us, he had some…
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REGISTER TO PACKRAFT LA VENTA RIVER TODAY! Packrafting Chiapas’ Rio La Venta Story & photos by Chris Brinlee Jr. Nestled deep within a nondescript rainforest in Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico, is a canyon. Based on its surroundings, you’d never know that the canyon existed, unless of course you serendipitously found yourself peering over…
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