{"id":13562,"date":"2018-12-20T04:19:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T04:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/product\/whitewater-river-guides-school\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T04:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:53:54","slug":"whitewater-river-guides-school","status":"publish","type":"trip","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/whitewater-river-guides-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitewater River Guides School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bgForm insidebgForm insidebgFormToFix&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][trip_acf_data][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;contentArea&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"no-autop\">[about_the_trip_title][about_the_trip_content]<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=&#8221;10&#8243; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Trip Highlights&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;trip-highlights&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best river guide training in New Mexico<\/li>\n<li>ACA certified instructors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/join-the-new-mexico-river-adventures-team\/\">Employment possible after course completion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Free camping during course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Where to meet&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;trip-details&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;trip-rio-widget&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Frequently asked questions&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;frequently-asked-questions&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;trip-faq-instructional-widget&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;REVIEWS&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;reviews&#8221;][vc_raw_html]JTVCd3ByZXZwcm9fdXNldGVtcGxhdGUlMjB0aWQlM0QlMjIxJTIyJTVE[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"no-autop\">[what_to_expect_title][what_to_expect_content]<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Maybe you\u2019re looking for the foundation of a lifetime career in the outdoors or even the skills to be able to enjoy the wonderful world of river trips with your friends and family. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/\">New Mexico River Adventures<\/a> has been leading the way in river guide training for more than 20 years. The profession of river guiding offers an unsurpassed mix of fun, excitement, camaraderie, and challenge, all in pristine outdoor settings. Make no mistake, river guiding is an intense job with long hours, an immense amount of responsibility and hard work, and most importantly it is exceptionally rewarding.<\/p>\n<h4>Whitewater River Guides School Focus<\/h4>\n<p>Our guide school is primarily focused on training individuals for jobs as whitewater professionals, however, it is also open to those looking for an intense training program to ready themselves for a long future of private boating adventures with family and friends. The goal of the school is for every student to be a safe, conscientious, environmentally-responsible steward of the river. We hope that each student leaves this course with the confidence and skills to navigate any class 2-3 river while assessing problems and emergencies with a calm and logical approach because let\u2019s face it, things don\u2019t always happen the way their supposed to on the river!<\/p>\n<p>We generally hire new first year guides from our guide school. Students possessing the right balance of a professionalism, personality, fun and river skills will be offered employment directly following the conclusion of the course.<\/p>\n<h4>The Whitewater River Guides School Curriculum<\/h4>\n<p>The guide school is an intense 9 day course offering highly personalized instruction in all aspects of commercial guiding. The primary emphasis will be in paddle boats however oar boats will also be introduced and utilized at different times throughout the course. 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