EMBEDDED TEXTFORM ENTRY FORM HERE RULES FOR ENTRY Sign up with your email to get the chance to win the Grand Prize. By entering this campaign, you are agreeing to be added to The Bikeraft Guide email list. Please do not mark ours or other sponsors’s emails as Spam or Junk, as this hurts our businesses. You may easily unsubscribe at any time at the bottom of our emails. You must be subscribed to win. Sign up for each of the sponsors’s newsletters for 5 additional entries.  Share, comment and repost daily on @thebikeraftguide on Instagram or Facebook to be entered into the daily giveaway ..read more

Jule Harle talks packraft instruction Introduction Photos courtesy of Alaska Packraft School and McKinney Makes Media Inc. (feature) In this third episode of A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting, Four Corners Guides owner Lizzy Scully talks with owner of Alaska Packrafting School Jule Harle. A long-time paddler and renowned instructor, Jule has guided for nearly two decades. She’s also been instrumental in legitimizing packrafting as a sport through her work as a guide and her work with others to get the American Canoe Association packrafting curriculum in place to accredit packrafting guide ..read more

We recently decided to begin running international expeditions. Thus, we want to share with you some of our and our friend’s foreign packraft and bikeraft travels and best places to packraft recommendations. Chris Brinlee Jr. is an adventure traveler who writes about and photographs his trips around the world. Luckily for us, he had some free time before leaving on a motorcycle trip to Vietnam to pen this post, along with “Transcending the Arc of Time: Packrafting La Venta River.” We hope these stories inspire you! And there’s still room on our Expedition Course #2 on La Venta if you actuall ..read more

Editor’s Note: In 2024 we are running two expedition courses on La Venta and other rivers in Chiapas. We will be donating 50% of the profits from the second course to the local nonprofit, Amigos de San Cristobal, which is located in the town from which we are basing operations. Our February 10-17 course is full with a waiting list. But we have 8 spots on our fundraising February 26-March 4 course. Packrafting Chiapas’ Rio La Venta Story & photos by Chris Brinlee Jr. Nestled deep within a nondescript rainforest in Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico, is a canyon. Based on its surr ..read more

Exploring Patagonia’s Ice Fields by Packraft Story, photos & maps by Waldo Aguayo. Read Waldo’s story, “San Quintin Chilean Expedition.” Prologue Lizzy Scully, owner of Four Corners Guide, asked me to write an article about my latest Patagonia packraft expedition. Writing articles for her has helped me clarify my thoughts and visions of life. She wanted more than I offered in my first draft, which was just a trip report, which she says are boring. “Please tell me more about why this kind of trip motivates you,” she asked… “Because it’s the unknown? Because the places you go are beautif ..read more

A Q&A With Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, Head Guide & Co-Owner of Four Corners Guides Packrafting & Bikerafting the podcast In this podcast episode, Four Corners Guides owners Lizzy Scully and Steve “Doom” Fassbinder discuss his packrafting history and his tips for beginners. They talk about how Doom got into packrafting and the process of becoming experienced packrafter. They also discuss the necessary equipment for packrafting, such as boats, PFDs, helmets, and dry suits. Doom emphasizes the importance of honesty and communication when paddling with others. And he offers adv ..read more

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a guide to help you figure out which course you should be in What level packrafter are you? Please answer the questions in each of these sections honestly. We also have a pre-trip registration questionnaire we use to determine the course you should be in. However, please start here and self identify your skill level to the best of your knowledge! Please note that this “scale” applies only to Four Corners Guides courses. Other companies may have different criteria. Beginner Courses (B) Please don’t be offended if we decide you should be placed in a beginner course. We all have to start some ..read more

**Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the course schedule** Greetings from scullbinder ranch! Hola, Buenos Dias and greetings from Scullbinder Ranch, And it’s LIVE! Check out our 2024 bikerafting, packrafting and bikepacking courses and tours on our Course Schedule Page! We’ve still got some work to do to get each course up and running. But by November 7th, you’ll be able to register for all of them. And in other news… We’re launching international Expedition & Paddling Skills Courses in 2024 to Mexico and Chile. We realized that unless the Dolores River is flowing, we are lim ..read more

Story & video by Waldo Aguayo. Photos by Andrew Burr. rolling a packraft Most packrafters or people who know about these boats wonder if it is possible to perform the famous “roll” in packraft. As the owner of a guide service and an avid Chilean Packrafter (there aren’t many of us!), people always asked me this question. The idea of rolling a packraft certainly caught my attention when I first started in this discipline. Is it a party trick, as some claim? Or is it a valid technique that improves your overall packrafting experience? For older people with shoulder injuries or people who ..read more