As I write this, it’s dumping rain, and it has since yesterday and is supposed to rain through this week. WOOHOO! We’re still not where we can packraft the Mancos (video clip above). And our snowpack remains just below 60%. But we’ll take this good news (and really muddy roads). In scheduling and course news,…
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The Bikeraft Guide Survey OK, we’re spilling the beans… or at least some of them. Back in 2023 I ran The Bikerafting Survey, with a big host of awesome sponsors. It was a fun, not super scientific survey that aimed to find out more information about bikerafters and aspiring bikerafters. I thought it would be…
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What packrafting courses do you want to take and where ? Thanks for your comments, y’all! We really appreciate them. We wanted to address them in a blog post, plus share the results of our recent survey. So here goes… Oh yeah, and congratulations to Tim Mccabe, Danny Knowlan and one other person whose email…
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https://youtu.be/3h-VuiWwxjM?si=X8SikuX78PhC5vJW The above video is from a different adventure, but in a similar region. Lower Dirty Devil River Flash Tour! Doom originally published a version of this blog on April 12, 2011. Sadly, no one associated with Four Corners Guides will be doing the Dirty Devil again with bicycles. Why? Because we discovered a few…
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When should a Packrafter push them/her/himself to the next level? And how will they know when the time is right? Introduction In Episode 12 of The Packrafting Life (aka A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting), Lizzy talks with Dan Thurber, primarily about leveling up in packrafting, but also about his paddling life and various other fun…
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Dear friends, I write this to you after spending the day writing letters, emails and making phone calls to President Trump and the State of Colorado’s congressmen and women. Why? Because I received a phone call this morning from a representative at one of the government agencies that provides us with our public lands permits.…
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inflation manipulation: how alpacka raft’s team designs its high-performance whitewater boats At the end of 2024 we got lucky and had a super interesting and informative interview with Alpacka Raft Design Engineer Dustin Partridge before he left for three months of packrafting in Patagonia, Chile. We’re super stoked on Episode #11 and the focus on…
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“It’s always refreshing to paddle with people who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to participate in a sport that requires an intensive amount of equipment and knowledge. I was very happy to be able to donate my time, provide instruction and, working with Rodrigo Alfonso, provide packrafts and other packrafting gear to this community where…
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Click here to check out Lizzy’s short overview of Alpacka Raft’s new whitewater boat, the Mage. This is a non-technical look at the boat. For specs and Alpacka’s video, visit their website. We’re publishing Episode #11 of, A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting, with one of Alpacka Raft’s designers, Dustin Partridge, January 21 (updated date). In…
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The *New* alpacka Raft Mage – launching 2025 Please note this is a non-technical look at the Mage, where I compare how it feels compared to the Wolverine and the Gnarwhal. On January 21 (updated date) we’re publishing Episode #11 of, A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting, featuring one of Alpacka Raft’s designers, Dustin Partridge. In…
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