Rafting

Rafting - Girls Camp Whitewater Rafting

Alpengirl offers a day of whitewater rafting on many of our trips and it is defiantly one of the most anticipated activities at this girls’ summer camp. 

Class II-IV Rafting in Alaska

Alpengirl camp sessions that offer whitewater rafting are:

The Best Rafting

All of our whitewater rafting trips are outfitted by professional guide companies that Alpengirl has built a steady relationship with over several years. After gearing us up with river shoes, life jackets, helmets, and wetsuits, a professional raft guide will give us a riverside safety talk and then we’re off, paddling our way through paradise!  The guide will usually separate our group into two boats and although we won’t be able to talk to each other, we will be able to watch each other go through the rapids and splash each other in an Alpenolympic water fight.  The raft guides coach us through each rapid telling us when to paddle and when to paddle harder for maximum thrills. The highest adventure rated rafting we offer is in Alaska and if you have to choose just one raft trip with Alpengirl outside of Alaska – try the rafting with us during the Greater Yellowstone Adventure on the Snake River in Wyoming. No matter where you raft with Alpengirl, you’ll have a blast! 

 

Rafting in Montana

Rafting Rivers

Experienced or not, rafting with Alpengirl is always rewarding. The rivers we raft contain rapids that are class II to IV on a scale of VI.  Depending on water levels that year, rivers can demand lots of maneuvering at low water or fast decision making at high water.  Each river we raft provides us with beautiful scenery from carved out canyons and giant boulders, to open meadows and forests with small streams.

We are able to switch around seats in the raft to experience all positions: the seats to stay dryer next to the raft guide, the seats to get wet near the front, and the “riding the bull” position up in the very front to get soaked and experience the rapids on a more personal level.

Out of the Boat

Opportunities are often provided to jump out of the raft and into the river.  You can swim around the raft or float alongside, feet pointing downstream.  You then can experience the humor and fun of being pulled back into the boat by your camp friends and guides. If you do rafting with Alpengirl, be sure to try floating along side the boat – it is so much fun, don’t miss out!