Wildwater guides far surpass these minimum requirements before starting work. By doing this training ourselves, we can ensure that our guides learn what we want them to learn, that they learn to do things our way, and most importantly that they have actually learned and done what their training log says they have learned and done. Every spring, we begin training, usually with a week long trip in March, and continue through the middle fo June. This training consists of weekend rafting trips on several rivers in April and early May when the weather and water conditions allow, and about three straight weeks of rafting daily on the Poudre River. The difficult technical nature of the Poudre River makes it an ideal training ground after trainees have learned the basics on some easier rivers earlier in the spring.
Trainees are responsible for car pool transportation and food.
Only after nearly 100 hours of training do we hire the best and most capable for our commercial guides. We take into consideration not only rafting and safety skills, but also personality, work ethic, punctuality, etc, so that we have well-rounded guides that can provide for our customers as well as possible. A-1 Wildwater, please give us a call to get more details about this class.