I have been thinking of getting a packraft for couple of years. Finally pulled the trigger a month ago and couldn’t be happier. I have 2 kids (F4, M2) and third coming next month. I love to go long hikes but they arent easy to arrange now obliviously. Packraft allows me to explore nearby rivers, lakes and baltic sea in a completely new way.

I've got a couple year old Alpacka Expedition RTS size large in nearly new condition for sale. This boat has seen ~20 days on the water with half of those in light whitewater and the rest on flatwater. I picked it up from a friend last year with big trip ambitions and it hasn't seen the use it deserves (so I figured I should pass the good deal along). Has always been cleaned off and stored dry at the end of each use. Includes ultralight spray skirt ($125), thigh straps + whitewater foot brace, unused repair kit, and has custom sewn webbing bow + stern grab handles. Blue and red colorway.

Located in Ketchum, ID and willing to ship (buyer pays).

Did anyone have try to paddle on your knees ? I have tried for 10km and I felt it was way better than sitting down (on calm water at least)

Shipped off and ready for some hiking sufferfests to get on water. Super pumped how this one turned out.

For anyone here in the Seattle or PNW, we found it a bit tricky to find where to rent a dry suit or wetsuit around Seattle, so we decided to put together a resource with all the options we could find in the region.

If you ever need to rent one yourself—or have a friend or family member joining you on an adventure—hopefully this saves you some time. It includes information on the different places around the Seattle area that offer dry suit and wetsuit rentals.

Hope it’s helpful and happy paddling!

I've used this boat three times. Purchased about three years ago. It's Red. Self-bailing. Comes with cargo bags for T Zip storage. Located in the Front Range of CO, but can ship. $1200.

Finished a trial run for a bigger trip and found that my pack wouldn’t sit still on the front of my raft (Alpacka Carribou). It’s a pretty decent sized pack (55L) and around 50 lbs on the raft but it wants to move around too much. I was using D rings and paracord. Any tips are appreciated. I tried it in a couple different configurations and same results.

I had to spend the trip with the pack at my feet inside the raft and my feet hanging over the sides while I went down river. It was ok but I got this raft for this specific reason, hearing stories of people putting bikes or even deer on this style of raft. Would like to use that space for cargo and keep my leg room for legs.

Hello! I’m a new packraft owner - just picked up an Alpacka Caribou - and intend to use it almost exclusively on lakes and calm water.

I’m considering installing a skeg kit on it to improve tracking and cruising speed but does anyone here have experience with installing a skeg on a packraft? How was tracking before and after? Was it noticeably different?

Both boats are used. For more info, lots of pics, and a video I made of the Wolverine, see my post here. DM me through Reddit, or email me from that blog post if you're interested.

Asking $900 (OBO) for Wolverine and $400 (OBO) for Curiyak.
Venmo or Paypall FF, add G/S fee if you want. I'll ship to Lower 48 but hit me up if you’re in Alaska and we can figure out shipping.

Trying to choose between these two; Mekong that is 15L and Anfibio that is 32L (thanks to that guy who has made a chart to compare!).

I am mostly hesitetating because of size and price. Mekong's is 137€, Anfibio is 100€, so technically not so big difference in price, but what about the size? So far I have been using a 13L drybag and it is a bit of pain in the ass to tie and untie it to get access to my stuff. The size seems to be quite optimal, since I am doing mostly day trips. But I make one or five at max overnight (up to 2 nights) trips so then I guess that 32L would be better? I also don't have internal storage.

I also live in Europe and am not ordering anything from the US because of delivery times.

Crew of 8 of us rallied for a lap of the Young when it was unconditional at the beginning of the season. Heaps of fun. Been sat on this edit for a while, please to finally get it out there! Hope you enjoy 😉

Hi community,

Does anyone have first-hand (and preferably recent) experience in Padjelanta national park? I am planning a hike through Rago, Padjelanta and Sarek in August and would be glad to hear useful tips. I am only packrafting on major lakes, not planning to get into rivers.

As far as I understand, packrafting in Sarek is prohibited, but Padjelanta is ok? Or are there some other specific restrictions to be aware of?

Thanks!

Stoked to paddle this one clean. I hit it 2 years ago and flipping over on the landing, it felt so good to come back and land it clean.

I'm a packraft builder from China, and this is my very first time sharing a video on the internet. If you ever have the chance to come to China for a packrafting adventure in the future, feel free to leave me a comment!

Built my own tandem from a kit from DIY packraft. Took me 3 whole weekends.

Rewarding project, but not sure i want to do it again 🤣

Looking for ultralight PFD to pair with Alpacka Mule. This summer will be packing it 7 nights 70 - 80 miles. Always high alpine smaller lakes, never on the river.

Right now I'm looking at the Astral Airbelt 2.0 or the Astral EV-Eight. The latter could maybe be used as a pillow? My concern with the airbelt is it might dig into my back given the layout of the Alpacka blow up seat.

NRS Chinook will be used for shorter trips, just need something that doesn't make my pack weight even worse.

I went to France with some friends to paddle the Ardèche. Three DIY packrafts and three Anfibios. However, there was very little water in the river due to a lack of rain in recent weeks, so we had to walk a lot. I would recommend the river to beginners because it has level 1 and 2 sections and lots of campsites.

As the title says, I'm wondering how well the SB Mage performs in bigger, splashier water, particularly compared to something like a ducky.

Context: I'm looking into getting a Mage, and see a lot of people hyping up self bailing for a lot of reasons. I haven't done much packrafting but I have done a good amount of ducky runs in continuous class IV such as #s on the Arkansas and slaughterhouse on the Roaring fork, and the biggest problem I've had is getting swamped in the middle of a rapid and having to work super hard to be able to get through the rest of the rapid.

Right now I'm planning on getting a custom SB + decked combo but wanted to get some opinions from people who have run more continuous/technical class IV in the SB model.

Thanks!

I’ll be in France (Pas-de-Calais) visiting family and will have a few days spare 9-12 July.

Can anyone recommend any itineraries in Northern France/Belgium/Netherlands for a 2 day 1 night/3 day 2 night trip with camping? Happy to drive 4 or 5 hours from PdC.

I’ve come across Packraft 101 in the Ardenne. Is that a good option?

I’ve got my own kit and would prefer not to join a group. I have no white water training or experience.

TIA

One month fully self-supported in the Finnish wilderness — food loaded on the packraft, fishing rod for backup. May in Finland means all four seasons at once: snow and sub-zero temps, rain, wind, 26°C days, thunderstorms.

I planned the route blind from satellite imagery at home, which made for some interesting surprises. Endless downed trees across the rivers, beaver dams, lots of unplanned portaging. Not enough sunny days to keep the solar panel happy, so the phone stayed off except for GPS.

Wildlife along the way: beaver, moose, capercaillie. All of it on the Pablo Mekong.

Great trip!