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Kokopelli Durango Bikepacking Bags Review: For Pedaling and Paddling

Miles Arbour — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:07:45 +0000

Kokopelli, a brand better known for its line of inflatable and highly packable packrafts, recently unveiled a full line of bikepacking bags designed specifically for packrafting and wet conditions. Miles snuck out on some bikerafting trips to see how they hold up to real-world use. Find his first impressions here...

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Teller to Wales: Riding and Rafting the Alaskan Coast

Bjorn Olson — Thu, 18 May 2023 10:59:33 +0000

Last summer, Bjørn Olson and Kim McNett loaded up their fat bikes and packrafts for a 10-day journey along a stretch of Alaska's remote Seward Peninsula. The trip had them pedaling up rugged mountains, traversing narrow bits of coast, encountering grizzlies, braving intense storms, and connecting with people in isolated villages. Find their story, a gallery of Bjørn's photos, and a collection of Kim's watercolor paintings here...

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Alpacka Raft Launches “Ready to Ship” Lineup with Two-Day Shipping

Miles Arbour — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:26:36 +0000

Colorado-based packraft manufacturer Alpacka Raft is now offering ready-to-ship rafts as an alternative to their built-to-order lineup, complete with free two-day shipping and faster turnaround times. Check them out here...

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Carfree Overnight Bikerafting Trip (Video)

Guest — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:39:29 +0000

In the fall, three friends headed out for an overnight bikerafting trip along the beautiful Penobscot River in Maine, relying only on public transportation and human power to make the trip possible. Watch a wonderfully shot and edited short video from their trip by Ian MacLellan here...

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The Friendly Arctic (film)

Logan Watts — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:49:47 +0000

Alaskan adventurers Bjørn Olson and Kim McNett take on another fatbike and packraft expedition entirely above the Arctic Circle. This time, they connect the last remaining segment to form a contiguous route from just south of Homer to the very top of the state. Watch it here...

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Recharged: Bikerafting a High Elevation Lake in Washington (video)

Logan Watts — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:53:22 +0000

In his latest video, Chris Wilson tackles his second bikerafting trip and his first solo mission on the water. This one's a little more tame than the last. Watch it here...

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Bikerafting the Lower Deschutes River (Video)

Logan Watts — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:09:12 +0000

Filmmaker Chris Wilson and his riding buddy Rob recently set out on their first bikerafting adventure. For this trip, they picked a 30-mile stretch of the Lower Deschutes River, complete with class III rapids. Along the way, Chris made this video to document the ride. Watch it and find a route map here...

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CONTRAST (Film)

Logan Watts — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:14:27 +0000

Back in the fall, two of Kona's European employees decided to escape on a bikerafting mission into the Verdon, a beautiful region in France surrounded by mountains and dotted with emerald lakes. Watch the film they made along the way here, plus a gallery of photos from the trip and a map of the classic Verdon routes...

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Lake Sumner Bikeraft (Video)

Lucas Winzenburg — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:20:59 +0000

Set in New Zealand, "Lake Sumner Bikeraft" is a new video from Deane Parker that follows a group of first-timers as they learn the basics of combining bikepacking with packrafting to create a unique overnight adventure. Watch it here...

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Source to Sea: River Clyde (Audio Story)

Lucas Winzenburg — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:40:23 +0000

The final installment of the three-part "Source to Sea" audio series follows Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham of the Adventure Syndicate down Scotland's River Clyde as they make their way to Glasgow for the COP26 conference. Listen to all six mini-episodes here...

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Source to Sea: River Tay (Audio Story)

Logan Watts — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:30:19 +0000

In the second installment of "Source to Sea," endurance cyclists Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham bike, hike, and packraft from the faint source of Scotland's River Tay to where it meets the sea at the Firth of Tay. Along the way, they produced five audio episodes that document the journey. Listen to their story and find a map of their route here...

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Source to Sea: River Dee (Audio Story)

Logan Watts — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:37:31 +0000

In the first of three "Source to Sea" projects, Scottish endurance cyclists Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham bike, hike, and packraft from the trickling source of the River Dee to its estuary at the sea. Along the way, they produced six audio episodes that document the journey. Listen to their story and find a map of their route here...

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Around the Long Island: Bikerafting South Uist, Scotland (Video)

Huw and Annie — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:35:14 +0000

Annie Le's latest video documents a summer bikerafting trip around Scotland's exceptionally beautiful Outer Hebrides islands with her partner Huw Oliver. Find the video and a short trip reflection here...

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Finding Centre: Bikerafting the Outer Hebrides

Huw and Annie — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:10:05 +0000

Over the summer, Huw Oliver and Annie Le returned to the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland for a bikepacking and packrafting trip that offered unique access to isolated beaches, remote bothies, and up-close encounters with wildlife. Find their story of combining boats and bikes to find beauty at the edge of the map here...

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Flow: Bikerafting the Murray River (Video)

Guest — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:11:04 +0000

To celebrate his 30th birthday, Mateo Arango Guerrero gathered a group of friends for a bikepacking and packrafting journey along the stunning Murray River in Victoria, Australia. Find a video and story from their memorable first bikerafting trip here...

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The Whaleback: Riding and Rafting from Wold to Humber

Guest — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:35:32 +0000

With his winter travel schedule mostly cleared by the pandemic, photographer Chris McClean headed out for a unique trip right from his front door, using a bike and packraft to rediscover an area in the North East of England that was a playground for him growing up. Read his story of finding joy and gratitude in his backyard here...

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Helen’s Journey – Bikerafting 101 (Video)

Guest — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:40:53 +0000

Helen's Journey is a new video from Deane Parker that follows 68-year-old Helen as she makes her way through New Zealand's first-ever bikerafting course. It's a motivational story of finding adventure and learning a new skill regardless of your age. Watch it here, along with an introduction from Deane...

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Steve Fassbinder and Lizzy Scully Launch The Bikeraft Guide Book

Miles Arbour — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:13:16 +0000

Steve Fassbinder and Lizzy Scully have been working on a new bikerafting guide, with the help of over 20 other contributors, and they just launched an IndieGoGo campaign to make it happen. Find their launch video, an excerpt from the book, and other details about "The Bikeraft Guide: The Ultimate How-To, History Of & Wild Adventure Stories About Bikerafting" here...

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Beyond the Backyard: Bikerafting the Potomac

Logan Watts — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:30:37 +0000

An official selection of the 5point Film Festival, the latest film from NRS captures the journey of two young men as they attempt to paddle down the Potomac River into the Chesapeake Bay, then pedal back to their hometown in Maryland...

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Riding the Wind: Bikerafting Stockholm’s Islands

Michael O'Dwyer — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:50:43 +0000

Seeking one last summer adventure, Michael O'Dwyer pedaled and paddled out to one of the 30,000 islands that surround Sweden's capital for a bikerafting overnighter, braving the open water to reach the southernmost island in the Stockholm archipelago. Find his story here...

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The Sawpa (Cloudburst Mountain) Divide

Guest Routes — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:24:04 +0000

September 2022 Update: Unfortunately the decommissioned logging road at the top of the Cloudburst Branch (the high point of the route) is closed to public access and as such, should not be ridden. We’re hoping the pass will be open in the spring of 2023. Squamish is one of the undeniable hubs of BC mountain […]

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Keeping North: Piecing Together the Crown of the Continent

Guest — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:36:04 +0000

Following a bikerafting trip through Montana’s Whitefish Range and the area around Glacier National Park, Tara Kramer offers this reflection on how maintaining an open perspective toward adventure can lead to surprising outcomes, rewards, and challenges. Find her story here...

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Seabird Memorial (Video)

Lucas Winzenburg — Sat, 09 May 2020 12:09:08 +0000

Kim McNett traversed 170 miles of wilderness beach in Arctic Alaska by fatbike and packraft, photographing the more than 900 dead seabirds she found on the coast. This short video serves as her artist's statement for her Seabird Memorial, for which she painstakingly painted every bird she photographed along the way. Watch it here...

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Sandbagged: Escalante Bikerafting

Colt Fetters — Fri, 08 May 2020 11:41:29 +0000

Following a loose description of a possible route, Colt Fetters and friends headed to Utah for a bikepacking and packrafting trip along the San Juan River and into Lake Powell. Find their story of navigating rapids, avoiding waterfalls, rolling through otherworldly landscapes, and carrying their bikes up cliffs here...

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Kokopelli Launches XPD Packraft: “Most Versatile Yet”

Miles Arbour — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:12:46 +0000

Kokopelli's new XPD packraft is said to be their most versatile yet - designed to be durable, portable, and user-friendly. Check out all the details, and photos, here...

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Broken Road (Film)

Huw and Annie — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:08:41 +0000

Huw and Annie traveled by fatbike and packraft through Knoydart, one of the UK's least accessible peninsulas, to link up old roads that have disintegrated with time. Along the way, Annie made this film. Watch it here and see a photoset from the trip...

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Slow Ride Gargano (Video)

Guest — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:17:34 +0000

Nicola Totaro set out by bike and packraft to explore the beautiful Gargano National Park on Italy's Adriatic coast. Along the way he made a video to capture its ancient mule paths, stunning emerald coastline, and thick beech forests. Watch it here, read Nicola's ride report, and see a map of the trip...

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Suilven Escape (film)

Logan Watts — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:53:04 +0000

Micro-adventurer Alastair Humphreys escapes downtown London via train on a folding-bike-rafting expedition to Suilven, a remote mountain in Scotland. Along the way he and Temujin Doran made this lovely film about the trip, the mountain, and the visual and written poetry that surrounds it...

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Iglaak (film)

Bjorn Olson — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:40:42 +0000

Iglaak, Bjørn Olson's latest short film, follows four riders on a bikerafting trip around Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Watch the film here, see a gallery of photos, and read a short interview with the filmmaker about the trip.

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Fluid Trails (video)

Logan Watts — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:46:29 +0000

Fluid Trails is a new film that follows three riders on a bikerafting trip in New Zealand, connecting several well-known, long-distance mountain bike trails via three rivers. Watch the video here, along with a few photos and details about the trip...

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This is Bikerafting (Video)

Lucas Winzenburg — Mon, 20 May 2019 11:56:46 +0000

This Is Bikerafting is a new short video from Deane Parker that showcases some beautiful stretches of flowy singletrack and rolling rivers in New Zealand's backcountry, along with some advice for a successful first bikerafting trip of your own. Watch it below...

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River Meets Road: Across Alaska by Bike and Boat

Guest — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:00:16 +0000

As the recipient of the 2018 Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award, Jessica Kelley mapped out and attempted a 1,300-mile bikepacking and packrafting route across Alaska. In this trip recap, she talks about confronting real fear, grapples with the thought of disappointing others, and reflects on what it means to undertake such a massive journey alone...

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Bikerafting Scotland’s Great Wilderness

Guest — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:33:29 +0000

Naomi Freireich and Cat Sutherland set off on an ambitious first bikerafting trip, a three-day adventure into Scotland’s Great Wilderness. Read on for a tale of pedaling along remote trails, paddling across choppy lochs, encountering strange creatures, and refusing to quit...

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Kokopelli Launches Rogue-Lite Packraft on Kickstarter

Logan Watts — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:21:40 +0000

Kokopelli Packraft introduces the Rogue series of boats. The new bikerafting-friendly Rogue-Lite is the lightest packraft in their fleet and you can get it at an early-bird discount on Kickstarter...

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The Art of Adventure: Joey Schusler’s Unexpected Journey

Logan Watts — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:35:01 +0000

Our friend Joey Schusler was recently featured in Freehub Magazine for his history and career in mountain bike adventure filmmaking and photography. As part of the feature they've released a series of videos titled, The Art of Adventure...

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Alpacka Teases the Caribou ‘BikeRaft’

Logan Watts — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:14:38 +0000

Alpacka just released a few photos and basic information for their all new Caribou, designed specifically for bikerafting and front end loading... "Ideal for bikepackers exploring big packrafting landscapes."

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Bikerafting: A Beginner’s Guide

Huw and Annie — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:45:23 +0000

Interested in mingling pedaling and paddling? Perhaps you’re captivated by the idea of linking up a bikepacking route via river and packraft. Or maybe you've dreamt up a coastal fatbike exploration. In our latest guide, Huw Oliver defines what makes bikerafting special and answers all the necessary questions to get your bikepacking rig one step closer to water...

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Invocation of the Arctic

Bjorn Olson — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:45:08 +0000

A mammoth tusk, towering brown bears, and the Nalukataq, Northern Alaska's whaling festival, are just a few of Bjorn Olsen's encounters north of the 66th parallel. Read more in this tale of his pioneering, summer Arctic Circle fatbike expedition.

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Machair Coast: Bike-Rafting the Outer Hebrides

Guest Routes — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:26:55 +0000

Look at a map of the Outer Hebrides and you will quickly see why both bikes and boats are required for this route, as there is more water than land! This is as close to true expedition biking as you can get in the British Isles, with few resupplies and little contact with trails, roads […]

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The Waiau-Toa Odyssey

Logan Watts — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:03:44 +0000

The award winning Waiau-Toa Odyssey is all about big New Zealand whitewater and incredibly scenic South Island backcountry...

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PMA on The Adventure Trail

Bjorn Olson — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:22:14 +0000

A new film snippet by Bjørn Olson made with several friends bike-packrafting The Adventure Trail in Alaska... with a Positive Mental Attitude. Plus some words and photos about the route by Bjørn...

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Bikepacking & Packrafting San Rafael Swell

Guest — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:03:01 +0000

Drift through the heart of the San Rafael Swell on two of Utah’s most elusive rivers in this new bikerafting video and trip report by Graham Abrams and Jason Bryce...

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Waterproof Revelate Pockets: Egress + Yakataga

Logan Watts — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:47:46 +0000

Revelate Designs recently released the all new 100% waterproof Egress Pocket. We tested it in the damp forests and root-strewn trails of western North Carolina for this review. Plus, a first look at the airtight T-Zip Yakataga Pocket, purpose built for packrafting and swamp-packing...

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Instruments of Adventure

Bjorn Olson — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:59:42 +0000

Instruments of Adventure is an incredible new film by Bjørn Olson and crew that gets to the heart of why we set out into the wild hinterlands...

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Lost Coast North

Logan Watts — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:29:09 +0000

Over a thousand incredible moments captured in the latest film from Mike Curiak, documenting an epic return bikerafting expedition to Alaska's Lost Coast. Spoiler alert: mind-bending glacial fragments, insane mountain backdrops, a stink-whale... it's all here.

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Cape Wrath by Fatbike and Packraft

Guest — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:26:51 +0000

A short film about a journey to the most northwesterly point on the UK mainland — Cape Wrath. Lee Craigie and Andy Toop used fatbikes and packrafts to access the rugged terrain and rough seas. With stunning drone shots and a voiceover by Lee, the short film depicts an adventure with a twist.

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Blue Blazes: North Country Trail, Bike-rafting the Manistee

Guest Routes — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 01:04:10 +0000

This route lies deep in the hilly terrain of Michigan’s Manistee National Forest. While the jewel of the trip is the gentle flow and crystal clarity of the Manistee River, the riding includes sandy loam single track, fern carpet, and mature hardwoods. Despite the steep East facing ridge line yielding great views of fall foliage, […]

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Chronic Wetness: Fatbiking Alaska’s Gulf Coast

Logan Watts — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:21:27 +0000

You won't find any dropbars, skinny tires, or cut-off jorts (jean-shorts, to the uninitiated) in this video. These are two real deal bikepackers exploring some of the raddest and most tumultuous terrain on earth.

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Flashes of The Altai

Logan Watts — Thu, 26 May 2016 12:54:02 +0000

Three childhood friends set out on a bikepacking pack-rafting traverse the Mongolian Altai, a remote range of high glaciated peaks with silt-laden rivers draining from their heights. See the route, watch the film, and check out a few more photos and details from the trip...

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Hunting for Monsters

Bjorn Olson — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:07:09 +0000

A film by Bjørn Olsen from a bikerafting trip in a slice of Alaska where monsters can still roam free... Cook Inlet to Bristol Bay; 10 days 250 miles.

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Bikerafting Alaska’s Lost Coast, Yakutat-Glacier Bay

Mike Curiak — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:04:22 +0000

The Lost Coast stretches between the villages of Yakutat and Gustavus in Southeast Alaska. It is one of the wildest pieces of coastline or terrain that I have ever witnessed, period. We saw no people and little evidence of them for 10 days out, but had the constant company of eagles, whales, bears, moose, seals […]

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The Blackfoot Hackle: Bikepacking/Packrafting Montana

Casey Greene — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:26:31 +0000

The Blackfoot Hackle starts when you step off your plane at the Missoula Airport. It heads up and over the Reservation Divide to the small town of Arlee before traversing between two federally designated Wilderness Areas – the Mission Mountains Wilderness and the Rattlesnake Wilderness. The riding then continues to the town of Seeley Lake, […]

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