looking for guide for deso June 9th

You won't need a guide on Deso if you have a boater with experience and a river map. Ask the ranger what to scout and you guys should be fine. When you say experience, what do you mean?

A guide to run Deso? Whatever happened to adventure style river running? Even for an intermediate boater, this should be something to challenge oneself a little bit?

Pull over and scout when in doubt, wtf.


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wildh2onriver said:

A guide to run Deso? Whatever happened to adventure style river running? Even for an intermediate boater, this should be something to challenge oneself a little bit?

Pull over and scout when in doubt, wtf.


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That's what I needed to hear. Took a Swiftwater rescue course this week and the instructors there were questioning me doing a trip there without anyone having done it before and having a novice boater.

You'll be fine. Also, hiring a guide makes you a not so private trip- not sure how much they care on deso, but generally speaking permitted rivers require cost sharing among the group, and noone can be making money.

You could invite someone to go who has experience. This is a good place for that. I mean not a guide just a fellow Buzzard.


Jim

My first multi day trip was a Deso in the 1900s. We had a crew of 3. You will be fine with the map and the above advice.

When I was starting out so many years ago myself and a tight like minded group of boaters did all the classics :the Grand, main salmon, mf salmon, selway, desolations, the gates, and a whole bunch of rivers sprinkled throughout the rockies all w/out any "experienced boaters" and we became "experienced boaters". Like wild2htoriver so succinctly said....when in doubt pull over and scout. Get a river map and challenge yourself and have fun!

I think there are a couple of rapids at that time of year and flows where a member with previous experience could be beneficial. You shouldn't need to hire a guide. With the competition for permits these days ask for folks to join your trip here. Do phone interviews, ask for references and find compatible companions.

pm me if you're interested I'd like to go that date

The original post is from 7 years ago.

Thanks missed that