>>2834747There are whitewater packrafts that can do the toughest whitewater that any whitewater kayak can. Look up alpacka raft. People are doing virgin runs on backcountry whitewater the past decade as this sport grows because they can hike rafts into places kayaks have never been able to get to.
And sure you can portage a canoe across forest or tundra, but you cant portage one out of the canyon of the colorado river and across red rock desert and down canyon to the green river. You cant do class iv crambling portageing a canoe
