ROW Course - Oar Boat Skills (Including: Float Fishing)

Lower Gunnison River - Drift Boat & Inflatable Introduction
We start with a 10 mile section of the Lower Gunnison River.  Introduction to basic rowing concepts and maneuvering. Participants will get the opportunity to immediately get a feel for running the oars, as we set the foundation for solid fundamentals and boat handling techniques.

Lower Gunnison River - Drift Boat & Inflatables Continued
Continue to develop our skills on the mellow waters of the Lower Gunnison River - perfect for learning. Continue with "reading the water" and repetitive exercises designed to instill an intuitive nature to rowing in moving water (essential for success!)

San Miguel River - Inflatables Continued
Depending on class progression, we will start to incorporate more challenging "read and run" sections of river to test our skills.
The San Miguel River will give students the opportunity to test techniques, developed over the previous days, in more advanced whitewater setting.  Continued development of essential skills to build a foundation of understanding for more technical whitewater.

14 mile section: Gunnison Gorge Nation Conservation Area.
On our final day, we'll turn you lose on chosen sections of the Gunnison Gorge with expert oversight.  On this day, we'll have detailed instruction/practice on how to successfully navigate technical whitewater, designed for experienced boaters, and spend significant time scouting rapids and discussing our potential approach.

Note: this course is designed to be a thorough "introduction" and by now means will qualify you to run technical whitewater on your own.  For that, it will require additional practice, starting with less technical whitewater and slowly progressing your way to more advances sections - safety first!