You may think that a lightweight, packable raft capable of carrying hundreds of pounds through rapids would require advanced skills and facilities to produce. Well, you’d be wrong. “We made them in ...

MANCOS — Like knobby-tired mountain bikes and hardshell kayaks, Sheri Tingey’s Alpacka rafts have transformed the way people explore. “They have completely changed the game,” says Steve Fassbinder, a ...

Sheri Tingey has been sewing since she was 3 years old. The 76-year-old never thought the skill would make her one of the pioneers in the pack raft industry. But as her company Alpacka Raft celebrates ...

Maker of high-end packrafts at home in small town Not many manufacturers call small-town America home anymore, but the stars and the development of the packrafting industry seem to have aligned to ...

Alpacka Rafts make incredibly compact rafts designed for backpack-carry that could take your next trek into the hinterlands to a new level. “Alpacka Raft was started in Chugiak, Alaska, in 2001, to ...

The sun is high in the sky as I crest the final hill after four miles of hiking through pristine wilderness, surrounded by changing leaves and occasional wildflowers. My hiking partners are dots in ...