Guide Training Program 2019

The New Wave Guide Training Program 2019 (GTP) is under way, in anticipation of a very good water year for the Rio Grande and Rio Chama. The 2019 GTP kicked off on Apr. 19, with seven eager trainees. What a good-looking group of men and women!  In the photo below, GTP instructor and New Wave Operations Manager Britt Runyon Huggins is seen on the right, and instructor Neil Oberheide is seen on the left. And, left to right, starting at Neil, are: Rick, Socia, Tristan, Calli, Mika, Mark, newly-hired guide Cat and Ethan. We know that our guests will love them, and that they will love being rafting guides. After all, being a raft guide is the most fun you can have, and still be working!

This is the 37th year of our Guide Training Program, which we began two years after our founding, in 1980. It consists of four days of instruction on the river, followed by a month of practise. The group should be ready to go by Memorial Day weekend, when things start to get very busy on the river. Come join us!