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2 Day Rowing Skills Course

Are you ready to sharpen up those rowing skills? This course is meant for folks who have their own raft and have done some rowing but want to get better at reading water, learn how to row more efficiently, and push their rowing from a class II level into a class IIII level. It is also great for “passengers” who are familiar with the river but want to improve some fundamental rowing skills (maybe in case their captain goes for a swim and they need to take over??) !

This format of this course can be adjusted based on your skills and goals, but some of the topics we will cover include:

  • Reading water, scouting rapids and decision making

  • Setting angles to make moves, linking moves

  • Proper rigging and ergonomics

  • Efficient oar strokes

  • Basic safety and rescue skills

  • How to prepare passengers and/or paddlers in your boat

  • LOTS of time on the oars - this is how you improve!

Details:

  1. Minimum group size 2 students, Maximum 6 students

  2. Cost per person for 2 day course: $450 (group discounts available)

  3. Required: Personal gear (drysuit, warm layers, properly fitted river pfd, helmet, river shoes, etc), ability to swim in class 2 water, food and water for course days, a good attitude and ready to learn and engage!

  4. Most students want to row their own raft for this course. If a raft is needed, a center frame raft set up and trailer can be rented for $100/day.

4 Day Rafting Course for Beginners

Details:

  1. Minimum group size 1 students, Maximum 6 students

  2. Cost per person for 4 day course: $800 (group discounts available)

  3. Required: Personal gear (drysuit, warm layers, properly fitted river pfd, helmet, river shoes, etc), ability to swim, food and water for course days, a good attitude and ready to learn and engage!

This is the course for those folks who are brand new to the river! In this very busy 4 day course, we will start from the very beginning and build a solid foundation of river knowledge for you to grow as a rafter on. This course will involve time in a classroom style environment as well as plenty of time on the water and on-the-fly teaching moments to help you understand the WHY as well as the HOW of rowing a raft and reading water.

This course is a raft guide school, you will not learn how to be a raft guide. This course WILL prepare you to navigate your own boat down class II+ whitewater and allow you to continue building skills to become a competent class III boater.

As with the 2day course, the format of this course can be adjusted based on your previous experience, skills and goals, but some of the topics we will cover include:

  • Introduction to river hydrology, understanding flows and currents, looking at and identifying river features and hazards

  • Understanding how to plan a single or multi day river trip including gear, logistics, managing skills and abilities

  • Proper rigging and ergonomics

  • Different types of oar strokes and how to be efficient

  • Basic safety and rescue skills and scenarios

  • Trailer backing and boat ramp etiquette

  • LOTS of time on the oars - this is how you improve!

Custom and Advanced Rowing Courses

Are you ready for some big water? Is the Alberton gorge in May and June calling your name? Ready to learn how to get a raft down the Lochsa? This is the course for you!

In this course, we’ll take your skills to a higher level. A higher level of river reading, a higher level of boat handling, and a higher level of decision making which is how you break through from class III to class IV whitewater.

These courses are built around your previous experience and where you want to take your skills. A phone call will be the best way to plan this course for you and we’ll do our best to make sure you are getting what you need out of everything we do in the class.

These can be 1-3 day courses and cost $400 per person per day. It is strongly recommend that students come to this course with multiple seasons of running Class II-III water and experience on various types of rivers. Let’s chat and make sure this course is right for you!

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