A six-day solo packrafting trip across a region known as Assynt in northwest Scotland introduces a seasoned adventurer to new and addicting style of travel.

It’s funny to watch someone hike into the desert with a boat strapped to their pack, no water in sight and sand in every direction. But that’s the wonderful and weird world that opens up to you with ...

One of the cooler outdoor innovations to really take off into its own sport over the past two decades or so, the packraft opens up new adventure opportunities, packing down to backpack size so it can ...

I had a “mind-blown” moment in a packraft while paddling out from the crater lake of an active volcano in Alaska. “Seriously?” I thought. “Who gets to do this?” I was enraptured. The crater lake was ...

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If you have enviously eyed the packable but expensive Alpacka packrafts made in Alaska – but just couldn’t commit to the $600-$2,500 price tag – there’s good news. A 37-year-old British Columbia ...

If you have enviously eyed the packable but expensive Alpacka packrafts made in Alaska but just couldn’t commit to the $600-$2,500 price tag, there’s good news. A 37-year-old British Columbia engineer ...

Kokopelli Packraft Based in Denver, Colorado, has been designing and producing lightweight inflatable packrafts for over five years and has now taken to Kickstarter for the first time to raise funds ...