Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/John Baker for Alpacka Rafts) Are you looking to venture farther away from civilization with a capable watercraft stowed in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘We used to know how to make things in this country and we’ve lost that know-how,’ says Alpacka CEO Thor Tingey MANCOS – Craig Benally is leaning back in his chair in front of a Swiss-made seam taping ...

To get a sense of how excited Alpacka is about its newest creation, the Alpackalypse, look no further than the fact that it’s marketed as the “world’s first whitewater packraft” when the company ...

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 ...

From camping along the Washington coast to running the Colorado River, Backpacker's editors are finishing up spring in style.