Whitewater Rescue Institute - Montana River Guides
Swiftwater Rescue Technician Class

Whitewater Rescue Institute

The Whitewater Rescue Institute is an industry leader in Swiftwater Rescue Training, Fastwater Spill Response, as well as river safety research.  WRI offers a variety of Classes in Ice Rescue, Hi & Low Angle Rescue, Oil Under Ice Recovery, and SAR. WRI is a certifying agency for rescue instruction and has provided certified training for thousands of students from hundreds of different agencies and organizations. WRI regularly presents at national whitewater and search & rescue events throughout the United States and Canada.

WRI offers  Swiftwater Rescue classes throughout North America and abroad, from the Kern River in California to the Potomac River in Washington DC; from the Kootenai River, Montana to the Rio Sevegre in Costa Rica. WRI staff and former students have responded to river incidents throughout the United States and assisted with safety, risk management and spill clean up operations.

Montana River Guides worked on the Yellowstone River in 2011 with the Whitewater Rescue Institute (WRI) coordinating the river cleanup for an oil spill near Billings Montana.  MRG owner Mike Johnston and longtime MRG Guide and Rescue Instructor Cody Harris are the co-founders of WRI.  They worked on the Yellowstone from early July through late October providing transportation and safety for cleanup wildlife teams, researchers and cleanup crews working on islands on over a one hundred mile section of the river. WRI developed a cleanup staff of over 200 EMTs, Swiftwater Rescue Technicians and jetboat operators who collectively transported over 30,000 people — over 100,000 aggregate river miles.

WRI also develops GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE PLANS  for rivers throughout the United States and coordinates community spill response trainings across the wester U.S. from the Mississippi to the Columbia Rivers

WRI continues to set the standard in professionalism for Swiftwater Rescue instruction and industrial spill response on rivers along with providing quality Montana Rescue training.

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Swiftwater Rescue Classes: Missoula 2024

2024 Swiftwater Rescue Training near Missoula, MT. Swiftwater Rescue Technician Classes on the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers.
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$395

Swiftwater Rescue Class: Missoula April 12-14

 Swiftwater Rescue Course: Missoula April 12-14 Location: Missoula, MT Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers 2024 Calendar: Rescue Classes~Guide...
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$395

Swiftwater Rescue: April 26-28, Missoula, MT

Swiftwater Rescue Training: April 26-28, Missoula, MT Location: Missoula, Montana Rivers: Clark Fork & Blackfoot Montana’s best...
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$395
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!