Riverboarding Montana

TIger Team Surfs Montana

2010-06-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

Tom Turney's TIger Team showed up last Firday ready to ride some of Montana's best water on Riverboards. We spent one day on the Blackfoot River and two days on the Alberton Gorge. while camping at the Alberton Gorge Ranch. Over 43 miles of rivers riverboarded in two and a half days.
Great rivers and great people. Thanks Tiger Team from Tommy, Matt, Mike, Bernice and Yael.
www.montanariverguides.com

SURF SEASON HAS ARRIVED IN MONTANA

2010-04-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

We're busy with our rescue classes this time of year,.....so we've been riverboarding with students as part of our rescue curriculum. That doesn't stop us from taking advantage of the occasional opportunity to surf here and there. Give us a call to schedule your trip now. 800-381-7238

Amazing Surfing!

2010-02-28T21:34:00.000-08:00

OUR LATEST RIVERBOARD CLIP! CLICK HERE

Sometimes the Dream is Cold

2010-02-15T23:44:00.001-08:00

Stand Up Paddle Boarding. SUP Winter Trip in Montana. On superbowl Sunday Everett and Sam headed to the Bitterroot river for a Stand Up Paddleboard Trip. We paddled 11' NSP Epoxy boards and tried no to fall in! Normally we would be skiing but we live too close to the river --and the boys are playing basketball. The coaches don't like them skiing during season--but they didn't say anything about paddling. www.montanasurfco.com

Living the Dream

2010-01-05T16:52:00.000-08:00

Our owner Bernice grew up on the south shore, the birthplace of surfing. How lucky we are to have family and roots there to visit and reconnect with. Fortunately for us all of our cousins love to surf. We have great love and respect for Hawaii and the locals who share it with us each time we're there. They tolerate our Montana clumsiness on the wave and inspire us with their grace. But we know all that water in Hawaii is directly connected with our rivers in Montana. One of the best ways to experience that connection is on the wave--eith in Hawaii or back home in Montana.

Stand Up Surfing in Hawaii

2010-01-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

Everett put his stand up surfing skills on some beautiful Hawaiian waves over Christmas. Our Hawaiian cousins always share the wave with us. SUP is a natural progression for us from all of the paddling and surfing we've been doing on Montana Rivers the past 20 years. The Montana Surf Company is going to be bringing the SUP experience to our beautiful Montana Rivers this summer. See you on the river.

Launch With Style, Surf with Grace

2009-09-22T08:13:00.000-07:00

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.

September Surfing: Riverboard Trips in Montana

2009-09-15T22:46:00.000-07:00

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.

John Amtmann Kayaking the Gorge

2009-08-23T20:02:00.000-07:00

Best River Levels in 15 years

2009-08-20T21:35:00.000-07:00

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.

SURFS UP ON THE ALBERTON GORGE!

2009-07-31T22:16:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-04-13T20:52:00.000-07:00

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.

2008-12-13T23:34:00.000-08:00

Secret Montana Surf

2008-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:00

A well kept secret. It just gets better as the river goes up.

Riverboarding

2008-12-10T14:51:00.000-08:00

Considered by many to be the ultimate whitewater thrill, riverboarding’s for the adventurous few who want more excitement than rafting or kayaking can provide.
Montana River Guides is the only outfitter in Montana offering guided riverboard trips, and we've been doing it for over a decade. Montana is North America's last best place to catch a mountain wave. Montana’s Best Whitewater:
The Alberton Gorge is an ideal location for guided riverboard trips. Just thirty miles west of Missoula and only a two hour drive from Couer d’Alene, the Clark Fork River narrows, picks up speed and tumbles into the Gorge with rollicking Class 2,3 and 4 rapids and absolutely stunning canyon scenery. With its legendary rapids Fang, Tumbleweed and Boateater, the Gorge is the premier summer whitewater adventure in Montana. It is a high volume (2,000 to 40,000 cfs), pool and drop river with large recovery pools after each of its Class II, III and IV Rapids. Because of it’s volume, the Clark Fork is not considered a technical run and is relatively free of obstructions. The rapids are characterized by obvious entry points with large waves caused by a combination of constriction and deep channel drops. Bottom line: the Alberton Gorge whitewater is one of the world’s best spots to learn how to maneuver and surf while riverboarding.

We run trips from June through September. Expect huge water and fast runs through early July. As the river level drops through July and August more rocks and features appear along with more potential surf waves. Your guide will provide an overview of the day and outfit you with the right equipment. You'll be outfitted with a helmet, wetsuit, fins, lifejacket, booties and a riverboard. Everyone should be a solid swimmer and be in good physical condition. Guests must read and sign an acknowledgment of risk form before the trip. Riverboarding is considered an extreme sport in which your safety can't be guaranteed. While we have great safety record, you need to recognize that there are inherent dangers in whitewater, and that riverboarding involves a certain amount of risk. That of course is but one reason it is sort of interesting--and fun. Having noted that, we start each trip with an orientation, safety talk, and practice the basics before running each section of whitewater as a team.
Trips Cost: Main Gorge Half Day $85. Upper and Main Gorge with lunch, $129. Morning trips meet at 9am, afternoon trips at 2pm and evening trips at 6 pm / mountain time. Call 800-381-7238 for reservations.