Packrafting 2021: Videos

2021 has been an exciting packrafting year with at least one fun & scenic paddling trip every single month of the year! Most trips have resulted in a video, although not all, due to occasional laziness on my part. Next to close-to-home trips in the Flemish and Walloon parts of Belgium, I have also been using my raft further away, i.e. in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Interesting to note is that in June we decided to buy a second Alpacka Classic packraft, basically replacing the Intex K1 inflatable kayak that we have used quite a bit in 2020. This second packraft makes it possible for Masha and me to make packrafting trips together without constantly having to worry about leaks and other issues…

Below is an overview of all the packrafting videos that I shot during the course of 2021.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Made a nice trip on Semois between Vresse and Les Hautes Rivières (France), but unfortunately no video…

November

December

Norway 2021: Rendalen – Videos

Videos of my 48 km – 2 day solo packrafting / hiking tour of the Sølna river in Norway’s Rendalen region. During this tour, I paddled the Sølna river from the Storlegda bridge to lake Sølensjøen on the first day. On the second day, I paddled the Årevja creek and lake Arasjøen, and concluded with a strenuous off-trail hike through mires and tundra.

Norway 2021: Dovre – Video

Video of a packrafting day tour on a section of the upper Grimse river in Grimsdalen, situated between Rondane NP and Dovre NP in southern Norway.

Norway 2021: Alvdal Vestfjell – Videos

Videos of my 65 km – 2.5 day solo packrafting / hiking tour of Norway’s Alvdal Vestfjell region. During this tour, I paddled the (lower) Atna river and the Sølndalen waterway, consisting of a string of lakes and shallow rocky creeks. Get immersed in stunning fjell scenery and intense autumn colors!

Norway 2021: Rendalen

The last adventure of my autumn trip to southern Norway is a 2-day 48 km tour of the Sølna river in the Rendalen region. I start at the bridge to the Storlegda farm and paddle all the way to lake Sølensjøen. On the way back, I paddle lake Arasjøen and largely hike off-trail from there to Storlegda. Weather starts out cold and frosty with snow above 800 m, but quickly turns sunny and relatively warm for the time of year.

Report > Norway 2021: Rendalen

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Norway 2021: Jutulhogget & Røros

During a day with a bad weather forecast (sleet, and even snow at higher elevations), I pay a visit to the Jutulhogget canyon and the old copper mining town of Røros.

Report > Norway 2021: Jutulhogget & Røros

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Norway 2021: Dovre

The second little adventure of my Norway trip in September is a hiking and packrafting day trip on the upper Grimse river, which separates the national parks of Rondane and Dovre.

Report > Norway 2021: Dovre

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Norway 2021: Alvdal Vestfjell

After our 8000 km family roadtrip through Sweden and Finland, I travel back to Scandinavia during the second half of September for some solo hiking and packrafting adventures in southern Norway. The first adventure is a 65 km – 2.5 day tour of Alvdal Vestfjell, during which I packraft the Atna river and the Breisjødalen waterway. Autumn is in full swing and colors are abundant.

Report > Norway 2021: Alvdal Vestfjell

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Norway 2004: Sápmi

Late March 2004, I took part in an organized multi-adventure trip to Namsskogan in Central Norway, a region that is culturally part of Sápmi (Lapland). The trip offered a lot of variation in terms of activities (snowshoeing, dogsledding, ice fishing, …) and in fact also weather, transitioning from sunny and calm to snowy and blustery.

I recently came across my pictures of this trip and decided to create a story, largely off the top of my head, from recollection.

Report > Norway 2004: Sápmi

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Scandinavia 2019: Reports

It’s almost been one year, but I finally managed to get all 4 reports ready of last year’s early-season hiking / packrafting trip to Scandinavia:

• Report > Denmark 2019: Northern Jutland
• Report > Sweden 2019: Långfjället & Rogen
• Report > Sweden 2019: Sånfjället
• Report > Sweden 2019: Skuleskogen