Hello Four Corners Guides Friends, It’s March 2, and we’re enjoying the last days of winter. Though snow still falls, it melts faster than we can ski on it. And the road becomes muddier and muddier! This time of year our road is a true 4WD experience. New Offerings With our season fast approaching, we…
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Bikepacking + Packrafting = bikerafting Excerpts from The Bikeraft Guide by Lizzy Scully & Steve “Doom” Fassbinder. The Definition of Bikerafting Simply put, bikerafting is a human-powered, multi-sport adventure activity whereby you use bicycles and packrafts, carrying one on the other depending on the terrain you’re crossing. Regardless of the length of a trip—single-day urban…
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Shredpacking Basics Part 2: Handling Videos & story by Liz Sampey. Photos by Steve Fassbinder. Liz has worked as a PMBIA-certified mountain bike skills instructor for eight years. The PMBIA methodology works to teach any discipline of mountain biker at any level. She’s taken her knowledge and experience of bikepacking and applied their proven system…
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Dan Thurber is a Class V kayaker-turned Class V packrafter. He has gone through about a dozen paddles in his career. His experience slants toward packrafting harder whitewater, but he has made his share of open water crossings and endurance downriver days. Dan is also a Swiftwater Safety Institute instructor, and he occasionally guides advanced…
DetailsHow-To Do a Self-Supported Grand Canyon Packrafting Trip We do not guide the Grand Canyon. However, we can teach you many of the skills you need to know to eventually do your own Grand Canyon Packrafting adventure. Want more Grand Canyon storytelling and photos? Read about Doom’s self-supported Grand trip from a few years ago,…
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Expedition Chile By Waldo Andrés Aguayo Riquelme. Waldo took our first Advanced Expedition Planning and Paddling Course May 2022. Read his article, “Chilean Packrafter Hones Skills During Advanced Course.” And, check out photos of the Advanced Course by Andrew Burr on our Facebook page. Prologue: A Chilean Packraft Expedition In September 2022, Andres Moro contacted…
DetailsUTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBAL PARK BIKEPACKING TOUR – A GUEST’S PERSPECTIVE Story by Mike Adamski, photos by Steve Fassbinder My blank spots, your blank spots Jon, Mike and Neal enjoying a laugh at camp. Mike crossing the Mancos River. My blank spots. Your blank spots. Maybe they are places just outside your door that for…
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Whitewater Ratings: Class I to Class V and everything in between By Sensei Dan Thurber, Packraft Swiftwater Safety Instructor. Read Dan’s other article, “How To Figure Out Your Perfect Packraft Paddle.” This is an excerpt from The Bikeraft Guide, and so is a guide on whitewater ratings specifically directed at bikerafters. However, it’s still provides…
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Shredpacking Basics: Setup & Handling of a Loaded Bike on Trail Part 1 Photos & story by Liz Sampey Bikepacking on gravel, 4wd roads or doubletrack can be a lot of fun. You can load your bike as heavy as you’re willing to push on the climbs without having to worry too much about how…
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Packrafting with Jaron! Jaron Segay hitting the first major rapid on the Dolores River. Jaron Segay worked the 2022 spring/summer guide season at Scullbinder Ranch for Four Corners Guides in 2022. Doom and I first met Jaron on a bikerafting trip that we ran in conjunction with Jon Yazzie and Nadine Johnson, founders of Dzil…
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