Course Full: 5-Day Learn River Bikerafting Skills

This course is full. If you’d like to be on the waiting list, please email us.

The Ultimate River Bikerafting Course with Doom!

Taught by world-renown bikerafter, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, this river bikerafting course will take place on three rivers. You’ll spend one full day learning packrafting skills on the Animas River. Day 2, you’ll do a micro-bikerafting adventure also on the Animas (on a different section), riding local trails. You’ll then practice your skills in the backcountry on a three-day, two-night excursion on the San Miguel and Dolores rivers and the Rim Rocker Trail.

What’s included?

Three nights at Scullbinder Ranch, including all meals at the Ranch. You’ll arrive the night before the course. The course also includes an open Alpacka Classic packraft, PFD, paddle, helmet, all food in the backcountry, permits, wag bags, sanitizing kits, camping, shuttling when necessary.

Not included

Adult beverages, whitewater boats, drysuits, river knives, whistles, throw bags, or Sunday night at the Ranch. You will need a drysuit for this trip. You may rent drysuits locally at 4CornersRiversports.com (they only have four), or get a 15% discount if you order them online at BackcountryPackraft.com (you must let them know you are doing a tour with us).

Price: $2250

Difficulty & Prerequisites

This is a Level 3 course due to the mileage you will ride/paddle and the general nature of the course. As well, you must have long-distance cycling experience to do this course. I.e. it would be ideal if you have ridden up to 20 miles in one day. Also, you must have general backcountry experience for this course. And we prefer you have some rafting experience, all the better if it’s on a single-person craft. However, if you have some bikepacking and backcountry skills, along with general fitness and a passion to learn new things, you’ll be able to do this course no problem.

Full 2023 Bikerafting Course Schedule:

✓April 5-9—5-Day Become an Intermediate Bikerafter (Utah)
✓April 26-30—5-Day Learn River Bikerafting Skills
✓May 6-7—2-Day Learn Basic Bikerafting Skills – No Frills
✓May 11-14—4-Day Intermediate Bikeraft Course
✓June 1-4—4-Day Intermediate Bikeraft Course
✓June 21-25—5-Day River Bikerafting
✓July 1-2—2-Day Learn Basic River Bikerafting Skills – No Frills
✓July 7-9—3-Day Learn to Bikeraft on McPhee Reservoir
✓July 14-16—3-Day Learn to Bikeraft on McPhee Reservoir

Email us to sign up today, or visit our Calendar of Scheduled courses for more information.

Bikerafting 101: A Micro Adventure on the Animas River with Doom & Chris Burkard

Excerpt: Four Days of Rad

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We started our 2022 busy season with a four-day bikerafting 101 course with some heavy hitter cyclists/adventurers in April.

These guys hit it hard out of the gate and did a four-day trip in what we normally do in five days. They spent their first full day honing basic packrafting skills on the Animas River, paddling a good amount of time in the City of Durango’s kayak play park. They learned to surf, catch eddies and read the river, and they practicing paddling skills, among other things…