WRI will be hosting several Swiftwater Rescue Classes near Missoula on the Blackfoot River this spring. It’s our home river and our favorite place to teach. Join us at a discounted price this year.

Missoula Swiftwater Rescue Class: April 6-8

Missoula Swiftwater Rescue Class: April 20-22

Missoula Swiftwater Rescue Class: May 11-13

Missoula Swiftwater Rescue Class: June 8-10

Our instructors travel throughout the Americas teaching swift water rescue. Oddly enough, the Blackfoot River remains our favorite place to teach swift water rescue. Blackfoot River rafting  is hard to beat and Missoula whitewater raft trips on the Blackfoot are at their best in late spring and early summer on. We love the Blackfoot for many reasons, primarily because it is a beautiful mountain river that holds so many memories and shared experiences for our families, friends and local community. It is a perfect mountain river that creates supports and sustains life along it’s corridor and beyond.  It also sustains WRI and our work as an ideal river to train on.  The Blackfoot’s spring flows provide a combination of powerful swift water along with many features for our students to practice self rescue and rescuing others.

Returning to teach on the same rivers year after year increases our lead instructor’s ability to teach better and better swift water rescue classes.  Knowing what locations provide access and ideal training conditions at a variety of flows allows us to consistantly provide the best swift water rescue training available anywhere .