The Trailhead
Every journey has a first step. And some of the greatest, most meaningful journeys begin at trailheads. Welcome to ours! Here you’ll learn about gear, see route and trail intel, and dive into stories, images, and videos from our global community of adventureheads like you. Think of it like "The Third Place"–not home, not work, but your other most important/favorite place. The spot to hang out around like-minded people and have your life decisions and priorities validated. You won't need to justify your latest gear purchase or explain why you're using up all your paid time off hours to this crowd. They get it. Let’s go!
Bikepackrafting Cataract Canyon with Mike Curiak
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassador, biking enthusiast and founder of Lace Mine 29, a custom bike wheel company, Mike Curiak has pushed the sport of extreme cycling to new heights, and was nominated...
A Photo Gallery: Climbing, Bikepacking & Packrafting
Doomed: A Hot, Dry Utah Desert Multi-Sport, Packraft & Bikepacking Expedition Ambassador and Photographer Steve “Doom” Fassbinder works for Alpacka Rafts, but we don’t know where he finds the t...
Leave No Trace Principles in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge
Words & Photos by Don Carpenter The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska is a special place. A large and diverse ecosystem of rivers and spruce forests exists on the south sid...
Motivated By The Unknown: A Chat With Adventurer Mike Curiak
Ambassador Mike Curiak is an avid multi-sport adventurer. He just embarked on a packraft adventure with Roman Dial and Brad Meiklejohn, which you can read about here. “Almost everything cool I did...
Pile It On – Packrafting a First Descent in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Text by Roman Dial, Photos by Mike Curiak Midway through a six-mile, ten-hour day, Brad Meiklejohn asked his packrafting partner, Roman Dial, “What are you going to tell people about this route?” “...
On the Chetco River: A Packrafting Adventure
HMG Ambassador Mike Curiak's passion is mountain biking. He's hand built over 7,000 29" wheels in the last decade. In that time he's ridden over 40,000 trail miles on wheels he's built for himself ...
Packrafting New Zealand
Adventurer (and one of HMG's favorite cuben fiber fans) Wyatt Roscoe reports on his winter 2013 packrafting trip to New Zealand.
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The River of Return.
Mike Curiak’s report on a recent expedition with other Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassadors and friends to Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness. I’ve had the pleasure of traveling with many accompl...
Floating the East Branch of the Penobscot
A report and video from Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s Mike and Josh on their adventure on East Branch of the Penobscot River in Northern Maine. On the weekend of September 22 and 23, Hyperlite Mountain...
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassadors Nail the 2012 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassadors Luc Mehl and Roman Dial are among the top finishers in the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic. For the last 31 years, a small group of elite adventurers, athlete...
Packrafting in the Southeast
We love seeing our gear in action. Check out Luc Mehl’s video of his adventures traversing the rivers and mountains around Tennessee. His blog features his packrafting trip on six rivers in the Am...
