August 27, 2025
2025 Dogs of Packrafting Photo Contest Winners
With a record number of photos submitted, the Dogs of Packrafting photo contest winners have been chosen. Check out some of the adorable finalists too.
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July 24, 2025
How to Packraft with Your Dog: a Guide to Adventure and Safety
If you’ve ever paddled solo and found yourself thinking, I wish my dog could see this, you’re not alone. Sharing the water with your dog is one of the most rewarding ways to bond, explore, and unplug together—and packrafts are the perfect stable, portable option for enjoying waterways with your dog.
June 26, 2025
Creative Packrafting: No shuttle, no problem. Try Bus Rafting.
There is a public transit commuter bus that runs right past my home in Nederland, Colorado, down Boulder Canyon, and right past the Boulder Creek water park. I can’t toss a kayak on the bus, and certainly not my oar rig, but with a packraft public transit river running is open season.
May 27, 2025
Cove to Cove: The Black Canyon of the Colorado River
“Oh, upstream? Strong move” should have been our first warning. Instead, we laughed like hyenas as the third person commented, “something something upstream!” Boldly (and a little ignorantly) thinking that we understood the river better than all those city folks.
April 1, 2025
Alpacka Raft's New Jonah Packraft
Get in the mouth of the whale with the new Jonah model packraft. Experience unmatched buoyancy and durability for ultimate whale-watching experiences.
March 7, 2025
Valkyrie Voyage: An Epic Whitewater Adventure in Idaho
With a long weekend coming up we got scheming. The plan was to spend a few days boating with the prized run of the trip to be what looked like an amazing class IV/V creek. Based off the few photos of the creek, the stoke was high and the gradient was steep. With no real gauges on the river the looming question of “is there enough water” floated overhead; a question that has been all too common this year.
March 6, 2025
Packrafting & Outdoor Access for All
“Access” holds deep significance for both the packrafting and LGBTQ+ communities. For packrafters, it’s about breaking barriers to remote wild spaces. For LGBTQ+ individuals, it’s about gaining equal opportunities, rights, and acceptance. This trip explored these parallels while fostering skills, confidence, and connection.
January 30, 2025
Following Footsteps of River Runners
Adventure StoriesJohn Mackay’s earliest forays into some of the most challenging rivers in NZ in rafts made on the side of the river based around 2 truck tire inner tubes. A catalyst for many things in my river running past, and the reason for the new film "Following Footsteps of River Runners"
January 1, 2025
The new Mage is perfect for backcountry whitewater packrafting, check it out in more detail and see it in action.
December 31, 2024
Rolling Up Your Packraft Tutorial
Some of you have asked, so we made a boat rolling tutorial for you. Check out these common techniques for rolling up your packraft
November 15, 2024
News, Events, ReviewsWe put together a quick video sharing the news and 2025 updates, including a new model! Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming.
November 14, 2024
An Overnight "Lightwater" trip in Colorado
Fun times were had by all on an exploratory overnight paddling trip on the Central West Slope of Colorado. Most had never paddled before and everyone had an awesome time on their first paddling trip.
November 13, 2024
In March of 2024 Alpacka Raft lost our beloved friend and colleague, Armida Huerta.
July 2, 2024
Exploring the mind and vertical limits of packrafting.
Adventure Stories, Packrafts, blog post, ValkyrieExploring waterfalls of Chile in the Valkyrie.
June 28, 2024
Pete McBride's New Book, 'The Colorado River: Chasing Water'
"Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability," is a compelling blend of stunning photography, personal narrative, and urgent environmental commentary. Find out more about National Geographic Filmmaker and Photographer, Pete McBride's new book and see some additional photos of his trips using packrafts.
June 5, 2024
As a long time packrafter, Tyler Williams used to have to tell everyone what a packraft was. Nowadays he rarely has to explain them and shares his stories from the days of the original packrafts to what they have become today.
April 4, 2024
Kayakimün: A Union of Strength and Identities on the Biobío River
Flowing through the lush foothills of the Chilean Andes, the crystal blue Biobío River is central to the Mapuche-Pehuenche cosmovision, or understanding of the universe, nourishing them with food, water, and newen (spiritual energy).
February 28, 2024
Low and Slow: Building Whitewater Packrafting Skills
Packrafting Safety, Adventure Stories, Trip IdeasWhen water is low and your waiting for spring runoff, whitewater can be hard to find. But don’t worry, there are other ways to get your whitewater fix and improve your skills before the bigger flows return.