White Water Apprenticeship Schools

Rivers:   Main Tuolumne River, Cherry Creek/Upper Tuolumne River, Giant Gap & Chamberlain Falls/North Fork American River

Our intensive white water training is designed for beginners to advanced rafters with an emphases on Class IV and V white water. The program includes fundamental skills of maneuvering boats reading river currents and is tailored to meet your individual interests. You will receive a written manual when you confirm your reservation. Safety procedures, knot tying, raft rigging, maintenance & repair of equipment, camp cooking, wilderness interpretation and river preservation politics is thoroughly covered during the program.

You will participate as part of the crew as an instructors apprentice/assistant during a professional tour with clients or on a guide canyon familiarization training trip.

Our goal is for you to enjoy a variety of rivers and to teach you new skills to prepare you to guide your own trips or commercial guiding. At the conclusion of the program you will receive a personal written evaluation.

7 Days $700.00
Can be taken in segments or continuously

* Note: A Class V Training Seminar is included at the beginning of all Cherry Creek & Giant Gap rafting trips.

Please call our office to discuss any specifics.

Instructors Marty McDonnell, Chris Condon, Scott Bunce, Adam Crom and Scott Domeny have an average of 26 years of white water navigation. We look forward to meeting you and splashing in the water.

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Sierra Mac River Rafting Trips
Marty McDonnell - Outfitter

P.O. Box 264 • Groveland, CA 95321
Reservations 800.457.2580
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