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Guides at MRG

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We have always had such a great  team at Montana River Guides. Year after year the guides not only uphold our company tradition of running great Missoula river trips for our guests, but they increase the bar for next season.  There is so much enthusiasm and talent in our team, perhaps more than we’ve experienced in over 30 years at MRG. We are proud that our guides have treated our guests like friends and their fellow guides like family.

Missoula Whitewater Rafting Guides

2025 MRG Staff

2026 is looking like another memorable season. Here’s the MRG Guide Lineup for 2026. Sam & Everett are running the operation as well as teaching classes and guiding trips.  Amy & Jane will be Lead Guides and running guide training and our whitewater workshops.TJ, Layne, Jack, Emmaline, Suji, Abby, Cole, George & Luna have returned to MRG for another year as trip leaders. New guides Emma T, Liam, Sabine, Nova, & Shelton are running great trips and helping us become a better company. Justin Harris is this years intern and is a huge help.  Our Colorado guides Adam & Sean have moved on along with Ellis & Georgia. We’d like to thank them for guiding great trips and hope to see them on the river soon. We’re looking forward to a great summer living and working in beautiful Montana. Bernice is still right in the heart of our company, keeping an eye on the family she created, making sure we are doing things right.

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Mike & Bernice Johnston created Montana River Guides in 1994. The goal was to set the standard for professionalism in Montana's whitewater industry. MRG is know for guiding high quality river trips and being a leader in swift water rescue and river instruction.
138 Big Bend Ln, Alberton
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We have taken many rafting trips over the years and hands down this was one of the best ones yet!!! We took a private full day rafting tour with river side picnic and couldn’t have had a better time!! Our guide set up the best lunch spread at the waterside including fresh fruit and veggie trays, salad, sandwiches, chips/salsa, and the best homemade cookies!!! We had many stops, chances to swim, small cliff jumping, and the most beautiful scenery!!! Shout out to Amy as being the most fun guide to our crazy “Billy Goat Cyrus” group from Texas!!! Request her and you won’t be disappointed!!!
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Our Montana River Guide trip down the Clark Fork was the highlight to our Montana vacation. Our guide let us paddle some while we were going thru the rapids which was an awesome experience. Weather and sun on the morning trip made for some great pictures.
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We did a scenic float with our young kids. This was the absolute best thing we did our whole trip! So beautiful, so much fun. Amy was our guide and she was incredibly fun, knowledgable and kind. Cannot wait to float with them again!
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There were three of us over 60 year old gals on our trip. Our guide, Jack, was outstanding. We felt safe and secure under his care the whole time while having the time of our lives. The beautiful scenery and wildlife were a bonus to the incredible river with its rapids along with calm areas to relax & enjoy the ride. Top on my list of the other incredible things we did this summer.
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One of the best experience in the US was spending our Sunday with Montana River Guides! The crew was able to accommodate to over 60 of us on the YSEALI alumni tour and all of us thoroughly enjoyed our time on the river - Whitewater Rafting or Scenic Tour. Guides are 100% professionals who have fun with safety in mind. Highly recommend and must visit when you're in Montana. Thanks for the memories!