About River Time Guide Service

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River Time Guide Service is an owner-operated wilderness rafting company. What is the benefit to you traveling with such an outfitter? Personal attention to detail and genuine care about your river vacation by an owner and staff who are dedicated to your wants and needs.

Our company is a team of guides who have guided on countless other rivers during their noteworthy river guide "careers" but love the Salmon more than any other wilderness waterway. Everywhere along the way we just kept getting drawn back to the mighty Main Salmon. Perhaps it is the Salmon's playful roller coaster rapids, endless Rocky Mountain vistas, incomparable white sand beach campsites, regularly spectacular wildlife viewings, or all of that combined. Ultimately, you cannot adequately describe the spirit of the Salmon, you can only experience it. As the result of this passion for the Salmon, your trip is led by folks who truly respect and revere the river canyon and all that it has to give.

At River Time Guide Service, we run our trips with a philosophy and structure that we call "River Time". A day in the life of River Time Guide Service Salmon river trip is described below. We hope your reading of this description entices you and serves as a first step in you joining us on the Salmon.

RIVER TIME
Simply put, river time is an approach to wilderness rafting and a day to day existence that gives you, our guest, the opportunity to let go of the hustle and bustle of everyday life. A normal day of river time might start with the smell of cowboy coffee lingering through camp followed by a multi-course breakfast as the sun creeps over the ridgeline, ready to dry the morning dew off of your tent. After breaking camp, loading the gearboats and dawning your day's river gear we set out for the next adventure around the corner. Depending on the day the rapids get bigger and bigger. The ever abundant wildlife peeks around the corner, curious to the onlookers who drift by in peace.

Early afternoon river side lunches provide all of us with the energy to finish off the day and head to camp for an early evening arrival to our next camp site. This time on shore gives you opportunities to fish, hike, read a book, take a nap, reflect with friends and family during happy hour or just relax under the shade. Ending the day with a mouth-watering gourmet dinner whipped up by your guide/chef puts the finishing touches on your perfect vacation day and leaves you with just enough energy to listen to a tall tale spun by your guide/storyteller and adjourn to your comfy tent under the stars.

As you can see, running the river involves more than just water and boats. It is spending time with people who share the common interest of viewing wildlife, exploring pictographs on hikes, telling stories while drifting through calm pools, and swimming in the green water to cool off from the noon day sun. Of course, being able to work as a team while in the middle of a class III rapid such as Elkhorn or learning how to balance while throwing a bucket of water on a loved one is all part of learning the rhythm of river time.

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