• Women guides
• Learn the basics of rowing an oar frame
• Learn the basics of multi-day river trips
• Explore one of the last free-flowing rivers in the lower 48
• Abundant wildlife and stunning scenery
• Learn to navigate and “read” the river
• Camp on white sandy beaches
• Enjoy healthy local and organic meals

Just bought a raft? Are you interested in doing overnight river trips but not quite sure how to do it? This is the course for you! Our experienced guides will give you all of the necessary skills and knowledge to prepare you for a trip down the Main Salmon. This course will include basic river rescue techniques, how to flip over a raft, how to pack your raft for flipping, how to cook, deal with the groover, dishes, group dynamics, scouting, food handling, leave no trace, etc. This is a hands-on course where will you will be participating in many of the necessary duties of successfully going downstream on a river trip. Depending upon the size of the group, everyone will get multiple hours on the oars each day. By the morning of the last day, you will take over and load the boats with the supervision from our guides. Being on the Salmon, is a truly unique, life changing experience! Join us for the wild journey down the famous “River of No Return.” *Please be sure to let us know if you have any special dietary restrictions.