Contact Us FAQs
Buffalo Joe's Whitewater Rafting Trips - BuffaloJoe.com
Whitewater Rafting Trips
Directions & Maps
Discounts/Groups
Area Lodging & Camping
Employment
Fishing
Other Colorado Activities
Snowmobile Tours
Mountain Bike Tours
e-newsletter

colorado river rafting map

Employment
Employment

First Timers & Training Trip Information

Thank you for your interest in working at Buffalo Joe's Whitewater Rafting as an inexperienced/first time guide. You can have the chance to become the part of the most experienced and best crew on the Arkansas River! When you work for Buffalo Joe's you can be sure that you will find an outdoor loving crew that will have you challenging yourself all summer. Whether you are rafting the Arkansas, kayaking a Lake Creek waterfall, or screaming down the Midland Trail on your mountain bike, you will find that the Buffalo Joe team will test you every day!

Buffalo Joe's Whitewater Rafting has positions available for inexperienced guides for the 2004 whitewater rafting season. As we mentioned on the home page, there is a limited number of positions available, so it is very important to get your application turned in ASAP!

All first time guides will be required to go on Buffalo Joe's Whitewater Rafting training trip. The initial training trip will last seven days and the cost will be $350.00. The payment for the training trip will need to be completed before your trips starts!

The destination of the trip will be unknown until we can further determine snow pack and the water flows for the rivers involved. If the water flows are sufficient, we will have a five day six night stay on the scenic Dolores River located in Southwest Colorado.

If the water flows do not allow for a Dolores River training trip, the training will be conducted on the Arkansas River located in beautiful Buena Vista Colorado. You will spend seven days and six nights on various stretches of whitewater that are very abundant on the Arkansas River. Two offices located along the Arkansas will allow us access to every stretch that the river has available.

Despite where the training trip will take place, you will have days filled with experienced (3 or more years) guides teaching you:

Rigging Oar Boats Geology
Maneuvering River Safety Emergency Procedures
Paddle boats River Rescue Minimizing resource impact
History Scouting And various other subjects!

You will be encouraged to bring the list mentioned below on the training trip with you.

On the riverOff riverMiscellaneousCamping Equpt.
Shorts or swimsuit Long pants Toothpaste Tent
Tee shirtShirtToothbrushSleeping bag
Tennis shoesSweater or jacketBio-degradable soapGround pad
Wool socksDry shoesSmall towel 
HatSocksFlashlight 
SunglassesUnderwearBrush or comb 
Sun screenWool hatCoffee cup 
 Gloves  
 Rain coat  

You will not want to wear anything made of cotton on the river. Cotton clothing will not dry quickly keeping you cold and wet. You may also want to buy a water-proof camera (available at the Buffalo Joe office) to snap on your lifejacket and take pictures throughout your training trip.

We do have extra tents and sleeping bags that can be rented at the time of the trip for $30.00 and $20.00 respectively.

Please fill out the on-line application and make sure that you fill out the section describing why you feel that you would be a great addition to the Buffalo Joe's Whitewater Rafting team.

Thanks for your time and we hope to see you on the river this summer!









Find us on Facebook!


Whitewater Rafting Trips  |  Directions & Maps
Colorado River Rafting  |  Colorado Rafting  |  Colorado Whitewater Rafting
White Water Rafting Colorado  |  Colorado River Rafting Trips  |  Rafting
Whitewater Rafting  |  River Rafting  |  Rafting in Colorado  |  Arkansas River
Area Lodging & Camping  |  Employment  |  Fishing  |  Snowmobile Tours
Contact Us  |  FAQs  |  E-Newsletter  |   Site Map  |  Resources 1 2 3
Colorado River Rafting Home

P.O. Box 921
Buena Vista Co, 81211
1-866-BUFF-JOE (1-866-283-3563)
719-395-8757
info@buffalojoe.com

©2010 Buffalo Joe's River Trips | Designed & Programmed by ARISTOTLE®