Example packing list:

(please bring all of this with you to our office or the trail head where you are meeting us. It should all fit in one collapsable backpacking style backpack)

Hiking

• A 65-80 liter lightweight backpacking backpack. We use Hyperlite Mountain Gear and can provide packs for those who need them. We sell select Hyperlite equipment in our office.

Eating

• Bowl with a securable lid – tupperware, nalgene bowl, titanium mug bowl etc.
• Spoon – you can bring more than a spoon, but it is unnecessary and takes up extra space as well as adds weight. 
• 2 x 1 liter water bottle
• 1 x 16 oz water bottle (baby nalgene) or mug for hot drinks optional.

*at least one bottle should be hard-sided. Recycled plastic juice bottles are fine as long as you are fairly certain they will not crack. 

Head

• Warm hat
• Sun hat with brim (preferably fits under a helmet)
• Sunglasses
• Headlamp
• Head net – optional

Hands

• One pair of light gloves for around camp.
• Paddle gloves – optional and we do rent them

Feet 

• Closed toed river shoes or sneakers that you can move easily over slippery rocks in. River sandals are not recommended. 
• Optional – hiking sneaker. We often hike in the same shoe we paddle in. 
• Camp shoe (this could be a river sandal or something like a sanuk or croc)
• 3 pairs warm wool socks 
• 1 pair river socks/ neoprene socks – optional

Sleeping

• Sleeping bag rated 0 – 15 degrees – Rental option available
• Sleeping pad – Rental option available
• Pillow- optional (we use our puff jackets!)

Upper body – Please let us know if any of these items are not available to you, we may be able to help

• Non-cotton t shirt (capilene or something “warm while wet” like wool)
• Cotton long sleeve or sun shirt 
• 1 x Non-cotton long sleeve -mid layer like a long-underwear top
• 1x heavier mid layer like a fleece or wool sweater (no cotton sweatshirts)
• Wind Shirt – optional (Patagonia’s Houdini and the Adidas lightweight windbreaker are examples of what we mean)
• Puff jacket or equivalent (you want something that squishes down pretty small, not necessarily a bulky ski jacket. Space in the boats and your bag is limited). You are aiming for lightweight but warm enough. 
• Rain jacket – this needs to fit over all your other layers
• Paddle jacket – optional, we recommend your rain layer be your paddle layer for the rivers we are navigating. 
• Neoprene top – optional, if you are a cold person, a neoprene top as a paddle baselayer, is a good option.

Lower body

• 1 pair of nylon shorts ( we will be minimizing sun exposure most days)  – optional
• 1 x Long underwear or equivalent, non-cotton (capilene or tights made for sports work)
• Long pants, non-cotton (quick drying hiking pant). This can be paddled in as well.
• Warm camp pant/fleece pants or puff pants option (again no sweat pants. These are synthetic or wool and need to trap warmth. 
• Rain pants – optional, we provide splash pants
• Paddle pant – optional. We often paddle in our hiking pant and change into other pants at camp if they get wet. 

Toiletries

• small toothbrush and paste
• small sunscreen and chapstick
• small lotion if you use something like that – unscented.
• All vitamins and medication you will need for 4 days. Repackaging these items will help you save space.

*Please do not bring makeup or anything thing that has a strong scent – deodorant,  perfumes, shampoos, body spray. We will provide a small soap.

Optional Items

• Phone in waterproof case that can be  – We ask that guests stay present during these trips and consider only use  phones for photos. Please consider leaving outside communications and stress at the parking area. 
• Camera at your own risk – optional. Recommend dry box or bag. 
• Book, journal or other small extras

What we provide:

Local knowledge and love for our watershed and ecology.

Gloves

Helmets

PFD’s

Paddles and boats

Dry bags for in your boat and on your boat

Trash bags- extra waterproofing.

Tents/ Tarps

Stoves and cooking supplies

Food/meals and snacks for lunch (please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions/allergies or needs so that we can accommodate)

Packs or bags for storing your items during travel and backpacking

Instruction

Poop tubes and/or waste bags 

Rental wetsuits (available at no charge on “All-Inclusive” trips)

Rental splash gear (available at no charge on “All-Inclusive” trips)

Rental sleeping bags (available at no charge on “All-Inclusive” trips)

Rental sleeping pads (available at no charge on “All-Inclusive” trips)

Drysuits – Available to rent if necessary. 

Groups of 25+ or Specialty Trips, Packrafting and Custom Trips (i.e. we worked with you to create a special itinerary for your specific group)

Deposits are non-refundable. Cancelations or major changes to the reservation time, details or participation numbers MUST BE MADE 2 WEEKS BEFORE TRIP DEPARTURE date and time. Changes or cancellations occurring less than 2 weeks from start time and date,  are subject to their full charge.

TRIP INSURANCE: We do not guarantee refunds if you are unable to make your river trip. If you are traveling for more than a day and doing multiple activities,  we recommend travel insurance: Faye Trip Insurance or Generali are two of our trusted partners that offer great rates. After clicking the link, type Cody, WY to continue. 

Wyoming River Trips and Wyoming Rivers Cooperative guides are professionals, and your safety is their highest priority. However, no outdoor activity is without some inherent risk. By booking a trip all guests acknowledge and, in substantial measure, accept that risk. All adult participants, and parents or guardians of minor participants under the age of 18, must sign an Acknowledgment of Risk form required by our insurance company. Please allow sufficient time for this, and check-in at our office when you arrive.

Please be sure to let us know about physical or mental divergences that will need to be accommodated prior well before your arrival. Please make us aware of any medication you might need to have with you on your boat (eg. inhalers, EpiPens, etc).

Minimum Eligibility Criteria for Packrafting and Wyoming Rivers Cooperative  Packrafting Adventures

The following are the physical and mental eligibility criteria for all participants on any WRC river trip or packrafting adventure with Wyoming River Trips. By signing up for a packrafting trip or clinic, you are stating you have read, understand and to the best of your knowledge and meet these eligibility criteria.

You are able to:

1. Remain seated and balanced while in a whitewater craft while holding on with at least one hand.
2. Wear a Type V Coast Guard-approved personal floatation device (maximum chest size of 56 inches). Wearing leg straps may be required to ensure proper fit.   Where required, properly wear a helmet.
3. Independently board and disembark a boat four to ten times each day.  This may require stepping into the boat, and then maneuvering your body over and across tubes and fixed objects into a seated position. This may require the ability to sit low in a boat with a spray skirt securing you to the vessel. You are able to remove the spray skirt and exit the boat. 
4. Independently navigate shoreline terrain, including safely maneuvering around and across boulders, rocks, and slippery and uneven surfaces, under low branches, and around vegetation.  This includes the ability to maintain your balance near precipitous ledges or cliffs.
5. Independently swim in whitewater or swift currents while wearing a PFD. This includes being an active participant in your own rescue, including having the ability to 

(a) keep your airway passages sealed while underwater, and regain control of your breathing when being submitted to repeated submersion under waves or currents; (b) orient yourself to new “in-river” surroundings; (c) reposition yourself in the water to different swimming positions; (d) swim aggressively to a boat or to shore in whitewater; (e) receive a rescue rope, paddle, or human assistance, and possibly let go of the same; (f) get out from under an overturned boat.

1. Swim 100 yards in flat water while wearing a PFD.
2. Assist another passenger who has fallen out of the boat by pulling them back in.
3. Follow both verbal and non-verbal instructions given by guides in all situations, including during stressful or dangerous situations, and to effectively communicate with guides and other guests.
4. Carry personal dry bags and other personal gear (as heavy as 20-30 pounds) uphill from the boats to your camping location and back the next morning, independently, or with the assistance of a friend or family member.  (This only applies on multi-day trips).
5. Manage all personal care independently, or with the assistance of a friend or family member.
6. If taking prescription medications, have the ability to maintain proper dosage by medicating independently, or with the assistance of a friend or family member.
7. Remain adequately fed, hydrated, and properly dressed so as to avoid environmental injuries such as hypothermia, heat related illness, sunburn and frostbite.

The above criteria, if not met, will disqualify a person from participating in a river trip with WRC.  The criteria exist for your own safety and that of all trip participants.  None of the criteria are meant to discriminate on the basis of any physical or mental disability, and are applied uniformly to all potential trip participants, irrespective of the presence or absence of any disability.  WRC is committed to making reasonable modifications to any trip for any persons with a disability, so long as they do not fundamentally alter the nature of the trip.