Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Launch With Style, Surf with Grace



Rick and Mike showed up from Spokane with Frank for an afternoon and evening of Surfing with Chapman, Ariel and Jeremy. I had guided a full day earlier and was psyched to see some riverboard veterans and new folks for 4pm trip. We surfed until dark! What a great way to enjoy a September day.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

September Surfing: Riverboard Trips in Montana


We've finally hit those premium low water surfing levels that have been arriving in Late July and Early August the past ten years. What an amazing year for riverflows we've had--yahooo! We're still on the river every day --usually we have the river to ourselves along with a few bald eagles, kinfishers, osprey and otters,...it's so quiet down in the canyon, ...more wildlife is coming out. The Gorge is tranquil between surf sessions at Triple, Icebox, Tumbleweed, Resurgulator and Fang.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Best River Levels in 15 years


What a week. We lost riverboard guide Jo to the Wilamette University volleyball team as of Tuesday. Good Luck Jo! Six riverboad runs in the last three days have us ready to relax...until tomorrow morning when we'll run the gorge again. Today we had a group of USAF Survival Instructors on the boards for two runs through the Gorge. These guys were amazing athletes and took to riverboarding like they'd been doing it forever. As they will tell you "We're good at everything." Our off duty guides periodically ambushed these guys with small caliber firearms and farm implements just to make it a little more challenging for them. A few days of hard rain off and on in August have kept the river running at an ideal level for surfing and blasting through rapids.

Friday, July 31, 2009

SURFS UP ON THE ALBERTON GORGE!


Riverboading Montana was spectacular in June and July. Thanks for coming over to run the river with us. It has been a great season so far with great people and plenty of water for exciting trips. Bill and Emily Blaylock boarded the Gorge multiple times one weekend in June at over twenty thousand cfs. Emily does not get tired! The crews from American Rambler has been over several times to rock the Gorge.
Now August has arrived and so have the flows that are ideal for surfing here on the Gorge. Cody and Mike just got back from a moonlight surf at Triple Bridges while guide Yael Girard did a solo trip from Cyr Down to Sandy beaches for an evening workout. Bernice and Mike took 2 year old Rey for a scenic riverboard trip between Rest Stop and Cyr.

As the flows drop we're going to be surfing at all of the Gorge's great waves, Icebox is just shaping up --so come on out an surf the Gorge with us!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Riverboarding the Alberton Gorge is Montana's best summer adventure. However if you're up for whitewater rafting get ahold of Montana River Guides, the Alberton Gorge's leading rafting outfitter. Located right on the river Montana River Guides has been setting the standard for great trips on the gorge for years. Besides offering scenic and whitewater raft trips, Montana River Guides also has been the leader in Swiftwater Rescue Training in Montana for over a decade.