march 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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Exploring Patagonia’s Ice Fields by Packraft Story, photos & maps by Waldo Aguayo. Read Waldo’s story, “San Quintin Chilean Expedition.” Prologue Lizzy Scully, owner of Four Corners Guide, asked me to write an article about my latest Patagonia packraft expedition. Writing articles for her has helped me clarify my thoughts and visions of life. She…
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a Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting: A Q&A With Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, Head Guide & Co-Owner of Four Corners Guides Packrafting & Bikeraftin
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a guide to help you figure out which course you should be in Updated August 2026. What level packrafter are you? Please answer these questions to self identify your skill level to the best of your ability. Please do not use an Internet search to answer the questions. As a second skills assessment test, we…
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CHECK OUT OUR 2024 BIKERAFT & PACKRAFT COURSE SCHEDULE! Greetings from scullbinder ranch! Hola, buenos dias and greetings from Scullbinder Ranch, We are back from our various travels around the world–Doom to the inside passage of Alaska and Lizzy to Spain, Scotland and Zambia. Though we love traveling, it has been incredibly beautiful at Scullbinder…
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Intermediate Packrafting: What I learned Photos, videos & story by Spencer Harding. Thanks to Spencer for reviewing the Four Corners Guides Intermediate Packrafting course he took July 2023 🙏🏼 For years I’ve stumbled my way through water trips. On my first trip packrafting I took a bad swim, with my camera in hand no less.…
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