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RIVER GUIDE TRAINING COURSE

Quick Details

Full 6-day Course

Includes First Aid/CPR Certifications

$ 565

BECOME A WHITEWATER RIVER GUIDE IN UTAH THIS SUMMER!

Join Destination Sports for our intensive whitewater river guide training program in Henefer, Utah. Spend six days on the Weber River learning from skilled professional river guides and get practice running reaches from Henefer to Morgan.

Successful completion of this course will give you everything you need to safely guide a paddle raft down the Weber River, meet the requirements of the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation to carry passengers for hire on the Weber River, a class II whitewater river, and get your foot in the door for a job to start working as a professional whitewater river guide this summer!

OUR CLASS INCLUDES:

  • Boat rigging
  • Hydrology
  • Safety
  • Learn how to guide a paddle raft
  • Gain experience guiding a raft
  • Optional: First Aid & CPR certification

WHERE:

  • Our Weber River Base Camp in Henefer

WHEN:

  • 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day.  Must attend all 6 days. 
  • Two 3-day weekends of Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: May 30, 31, June 1, 6, 7, and 8.
  •  If you would rather do 6 days straight, please reach out.  If we get enough interest, we may also offer that.

In the possible event of low water on May 3oth, our contingency plan is to bump the start date back one week to June 6th.