Intro Moving Water Tandem and Solo

Overview: Learn to paddle your canoe effectively and safely on a mild river (grade 1 to 1+)

Prerequisite: Basic or Intro Tandem or Solo Lake skills (certificate or personal confidence in your skills)

People that take this course:

1. Want to learn to paddle on a river;
2. Are going to paddle Bowron lakes and want to do the "Chute";
3. Are looking for the natural progression from lake paddling;
4. Want a little excitement!
   

Skills:

1. Eddy turns (safe section of the river, and how to get in and out of them)
   
2. Ferrying (moving from one side of the river to the there)
3. Running or paddling a river
   
4. Utilize the river currents to move your canoe.
   
5. Strokes: Review of lake strokes, river "J", stationary draws and pries;
6. Rescues and throw bag usage.

Topic:

1. River paddles, river canoes, flotation equipment, river canoeing gear;
2. Packing for a river trip;
   
3. Trim and balance of a canoe.
4. Map reading (how to anticipate what a river will be like from a map)
   

This is one of our favourite courses! Paddling a river is one of the most exciting and enjoyable forms of canoeing.

We do say that about all our courses though.......