Alpacka Raft
Alpacka Raft makes the most innovative packrafts on the market. With nearly 25 years of experience and ingenious design, Alpacka helps redefine access and gives you an incredible freedom to explore. And they are dog friendly!
The first Alpacka packraft was built by Sheri Tingey in her Chugiak, Alaska garage, fall 2000. Since then, Alpacka has led the industry in research and development, pushing the boundaries of design, reliability, advanced materials, and an established infrastructure for customer service that allows for quick and easy repairs or upgrades. Alpacka Raft continues to refine and define the sport of packrafting, by creating bombproof packrafts bolder and more rugged with every design, and so stable and streamlined they’re perfect for entry-level adventurers. Made in Mancos, Colorado, Alpacka Raft packrafts can take you anywhere.
Sheri’s journey began in the late 60’s, when she fled the socialite circles of Phoenix, Ariz., for the river-rat/ski-bum life of Jackson Hole, Wyo. Her grandmother had taught her how to sew. And while in Jackson she founded “Design by Sheri,” a custom ski clothing shop and one of the first modern outdoor clothing companies. Also an avid kayaker, she brought one of the first whitewater kayaks to Jackson. In the early 80’s, Sheri sold her original gear business to raise a family, and it’s only fitting she got back into it as a result of her son, building the first Alpacka Raft packraft inspired by a trip he made in the Brooks Range.