2025 Packraft RoundUp

July 9 - 13, 2025 ☆ South Fork Payette, ID

Connecting you with the world of packrafting

Welcome to the new American Packrafting Association website. This is the place to stay connected with the sport you love and find inspiration for bolder, safer adventures.
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APA fosters a community of engaged packrafters by providing education and advocacy that shape the future of our sport.

No matter where life leads you, APA will keep you in touch with like-minded packrafting enthusiasts and feed your passion for adventure on land and water.

We explore

APA will keep you in touch with like-minded packrafting enthusiasts and feed your passion for adventure on land and water.

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We gather

Our wildly welcoming community will make you feel at home from your first meeting.

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We Educate

Our goal is to give you real stories and educational resources that will guide your adventures rooted in safety and exciting experiences.

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We protect

Our purpose is one of passion, with conscious thought for the preservation and respect of our public lands.

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At the water's edge... just keep going.

Planning a trip? Want to check out others' adventures? APA's Packrafting Forum is the center of our community.

Partnering with Here Montana to Expand Access to Packrafting

APA partnered with Here Montana to introduce first-time packrafters to the sport, offering accessible outdoor experiences for historically underserved communities in Western Montana. Learn how this outing fostered a sense of community, skill-building, and connection to nature.

November 21, 2024

Packrafts: A Game-Changing Tool in Adventure Racing

Discover how packrafts have transformed adventure racing as a sport, enabling athletes like Chelsey Magness of Bend Racing to navigate diverse terrains and push their limits in extreme endurance events.

Navigating Canyonlands' Future: Packrafting & the CRMP

The National Park Service is currently revising its Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP) for the Green and Colorado rivers. This is a document that will shape river access, safety regulations and the overall experience for packrafters there for years to come. Read on to learn what a CRMP is exactly, and why packrafters and outdoor enthusiasts should care.

Human Factors in Packrafting: a story of the Pitt River

Packrafting the Escalante - What You Need to Know

With a big runoff event expected this spring, Escalante land managers anticipate a high number of packrafters on the river this season.Learn how to be a good steward of the packrafting community by doing your part to keep the Escalante pristine and wild!

Packrafting the Grand Canyon - What You Need to Know

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park have recently approved up to 8 miles of Raft Assisted Backcountry Travel (RABT) on a backcountry permit. The allowance of packrafting on a backcountry permit has taken over a decade of rapport building with the Park Service led by leaders from the APA community to get RABT allowed.

Sarah Kilbourne

January 19, 2022

Packrafting Canyonlands National Park – What You Need to Know

Traveling in this high desert landscape comes with great rewards, but requires a great deal of preparedness and responsibility.

Packrafting Sin Fronteras

The river was a place, an intact ecosystem, water in an expansive desert, a sanctuary for all living creatures, a path, and our livelihood for the next 11 days.

From the APA Blog

The 2024 Golden Paddle Award: Rodrigo Alfonzo

Rodrigo's commitment to community, education, and responsible recreation reflects APA’s core values. We’re proud to recognize his work and look forward to seeing his continued impact on packrafting in Mexico.

The care of rivers is not a question of rivers but of the human heart.
Shozo Tanaka