http://www.cnfaic.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cnfaic-poster-150-658x1024.jpg F-CNFAIC Annual Fundraiser! Luc Mehl November 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Beartooth Theatrepub, Anchorage AK Join F-CNFAIC for our 6th Annual Fundraiser featuring Luc Mehl! Friends of Chugach National Forest Avalanche...

http://www.cnfaic.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cnfaic-poster-150-658x1024.jpg F-CNFAIC Annual Fundraiser! Luc Mehl November 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Beartooth Theatrepub, Anchorage AK Join F-CNFAIC for our 6th Annual Fundraiser featuring Luc Mehl! Friends of Chugach National Forest Avalanche...

http://www.alpackaraft.com/layouts/alpackaraft/images/fly.jpg The Cargo Fly is an airtight, waterproof zipper system in the stern of the boat. Opening this zipper allows access to the inside of the tubes to store your gear. With careful planning, everything can now go inside your raft rather than s...

We've been upgraded. Hopefully the spam will stop. Many thanks to the people who marked topics as spam while waiting for the upgrade.

Our version of phpBB is out of date... thus the deluge of spammers recently. I'll be upgrading to the latest / greatest version later this week. That should stop them for a while.

FYI...
http://www.packrafting.org/forums/viewt ... f=2&t=2100

Have loved all the videos everyone is putting out. Not sure if these will embed okay as haven't done it before but here are a couple of ones I have made of packrafting in Australia on the Franklin and Snowy Rivers: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zdDXo3QG9SI" <ifr...

Globalization comes to packrafting... here we have a vid of packrafting the Hozu river in Japan (just outside of Kyoto). The music is the great Japanese punk band Hi-Standard playing an Elvis cover. Turn it up!

Sorry about the spam... but unless you update the code every month spam on forums is a fact of life. If you're familiar with PHPBB3 admin and want the power to nuke spammers let me know & I'll be happy to get you the privileges.

Just wanted to chime in and say that I'm the admin I'm sorry too. I'll be more careful in the future.

Sorry Nik!

The automated forum nazi won't let me embed a vid or even post a link to it, for fear of my newbness here meaning spam. Anyone care to embed it, please? Or give me a workaround? It's on vimeo, vid # 25943565. Thanks, MC Got the Vimeo embed working... but you should really jump to the page to watch ...

Luc's vid embedded.... but it really deserves a click though to his site above so you can watch the higher rez version.

Nice article in today's Denver Press:

Mancos businesswoman creates lightweight "packrafts" to open paths less traveled
Read more: Mancos businesswoman creates lightweight "packrafts" to open paths less traveled
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_18014119

Saw some people in packrafts on it last summer. From Paxon to Sourdough it's a mellow float and the canyon is straight froward along with a good trail that you can scout / spot from. I have some pix here.

I have not floated it but last year I was speaking with Artur Mannix in Talkeetna and he told me that years ago he took a canoe with a motor up the Coffee years ago to attempt the Broken Tooth. So I'm guessing pretty mellow if they got a canoe up the river.

wyattroscoe sent me this excellent vid. Great music for an urban adventure!

This vid is from RemoteRiverman. Enjoy!

It's Yukla... but it's not quite 8000' - the summit is 7535'. Comeon Roman - you know this stuff from your climbing days!

Proof in today's Anchorage Daily News that packrafts are no longer only for core wilderness travelers!

Not sure what's going on with the code. It seems to not want to run the correct query. Until I get it fixed use the "view new posts" option. (search.php?search_id=newposts)

In case you hadn't noticed we recently migrated from Alpackaraft.com to our new server here at Packrafting.org. The objective of the Packrafting.org forums is to maintain a free and open discussion space for the greater packrafting community, without regard to craft type. The forums are moderated to...

There are a couple packrafts on Ebay (as of 9/18) -- but caveat emptor. Note that the seller is in Indonesia and that they're pulling text and photos from our site without permission.

Brian M wrote:So...is there any reason that this is a bad idea?

Some years the Russian is really really packed with fish prior to the opening -- if it's like that the bears will be thick. Make lots and lots of noise (not that noise will scare away bears fully habituated to people) and carry bear spray!

Nice design on that site!

FYI - the dory article starts on page 97.

Looks like the hackers found a security hole; I can upgrade us to the latest version of PHPBB which should keep them at bay for a while!

I once floated the Tana and a guy brought along a hot tub to soak in. It was a kiddie pool filled with river water and heated by water circulated through copper tubing over a fire by a motorcycle battery powered pump. After about 4 hours of circulation the water was over 100! A bit heavy for a packr...

The morning after meeting them while anchored up at Barney's Hole, she went ashore to check on them. "You think of adventure people and you expect them to be up at the crack of dawn," she said. Not so for Parsons and Kentch, who at 9:30 a.m. were nowhere to be found, she said. Later they rolled out...

CST wrote:fun was had..

Fun? Hmmm....


I look forward to the film!

We floated the E. Fork of the Chulitna and it was lower than normal. The NOAA gage for the Nenana is here:
http://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrogr ... 8,2,9,15,6

Sounds like fun! I have a friend who was on the river doing a hunting trip at the same time you were. He mentioned he saw a packrafter walk by with two dogs and was incredulous!

Floated 20-Mile on Sunday with a large crew. 8 packrafters on the river... and only 5 power boats!
Followed this guys tracks from Alyeska to 20-Mile -- but never actually met him.

Hey Kathy -- Yvonne & I were planning on doing 20 Mile this weekend. You're welcome to join us.

- Billy

Great photos! Have you tested paddles as pickets in the event of a crevasse fall?

Man... that trip sounded like a pure suffer-fest. I'm surprised there wasn't more carnage. I was just on Gannett and went out the Green with a friend and we were talking about one day trying a Granite climbing / rafting trip; I'm beginning to rethink it now!!! :lol: Is the north couloir the obvious ...

Pardon the cross-post if you've already read it... Van Horn's article is interesting but he seems to have neglected to point out that usage of our parks has declined in recent years. His claim of instantaneous sharing leading to "increased visitor use in remote trailless areas" doesn't appear to fit...

While Embick gives Moose Creek two stars in Fast and Cold I can't say that I would recommend this one. A recent flooding event has rearranged this creek, making for a very messy run. Didn't Fish and Wildlife install a number of log jams and other barriers on this creek when they took out the waterf...

This past spring I bought the Grivel Salamander helmet for ski mountaineering. It is fairly light and the back of the helmet extends down quite a ways to protect the back of your head. It's not as beefy as my skiing helmet and not as light as my climbing helmet but it's a good compromise - and hopef...

Forrest - any recommendations for moderate floats around Jackson Hole in late July? I will be there climbing and hope to do some packrafting on the rest days. Thanks!

More Parson's productions:


Erin & Hig's adventures edited by Eric


Eagle River / Echo Bend

People are still skiing to the car down at Turnagain and I doubt Girdwood / 20 mile is much different. Consider Willow (http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_id_57_), Kenai Canyon (if it doesn't get smoked out) or the Chulitna (http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_...

The majority of my pix on http://www.peakaweek.com/ taken within the last 2 years were taken with a Optio W10. I have used it from 0' to 20,000', from -10F to 90F and in everything from water to snow to sun. I'm quite impressed... and recently have been leaving my big camera on days where I want to ...

FYI - Eric & Tony biked up to the gorge this past weekend. The glacier has surged all the way to the wall:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=394949

The amazing Sheri fixing a boat shredded by a grizzly bear!


Alpacka Raft, Patch N Go and Floor Repair


Alpacka Inflation Demonstration

Vaughn -- I float and fish the Upper Kenai in my Dory every now and then. It's a good little fishing boat but you feel like you're in a smart car on a freeway of SUVs with all the giant catarafts all around you. You can't stop in the middle of the river and fish like you can with a drift boat but it...

Alpacka is selling a new paddle. Check it out: For five years Alpacka Raft has been trying to get a someone to build us a paddle that was specifically designed for packrafting. Last season Sawyer paddles agreed to give it a try. The results were spectacular so we are adding it to our paddle line. Th...

On December 27th I floated the Balcony Falls section of the James River with two of my brothers and two of my nephews. Temps were in the 50s and the river was low but running! My youngest brother & i were in packrafts (his first time ever in one) and my oldest brother and two of his son's were in ka...

alaskacreeker wrote:....we're already planning a decent of Raven Gorge through the falls...

For those who haven't seen them here are the falls!

Timmy J's trailer!

I know everyone has their opinions, and I'm sure some of you will rip on me for this one.. but for overpackers like me , this bag is pretty cool. I got the opitional waist harness. And it's really big. :D http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150149785867&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&i...

This is a movie trailer that Forrest sent me to post. Looks like these guys landed in Little Switzerland and hiked out.