Montana White water rafting and riverboarding with Montana River Guides on the Alberton Gorge near Missoula, Montana, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington.

Whitewater rafting and riverboarding in Montana are at their best on the Alberton Gorge  and Blackfoot River near Missoula, Montana and Spokane, Washington. Raft Montana’s finest whitewater on the Alberton Gorge, enjoy our scenic family floats, or try riverboarding, the ultimate whitewater thrill.  Montana River Guides invites you to discover Montana’s finest river adventures and riverboard trips on the Clark Fork River, the Blackfoot River and the Bitterroot River. Guided raft, canoe, kayak, riverboard and stand up paddle board trips.

This is an amazing year for river flows in Montana! Nestled along the Clark Fork River’s Alberton Gorge between Missoula and Coeur d’Alene, the Alberton Gorge Ranch serves as our whitewater headquarters and starting point for all of our Montana raft trips.  Whether it’s a family raft trip, wedding trip, or a company outing, Montana River Guides is uniquely situated to customize your river adventure. Our staff's professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to create the right trip for different groups  of people is at the heart of our company's mission.

Professionalism and Innovation: A Community Leader
We are the Alberton Gorge's leading outfitter with a reputation for innovation and professionalism in Montana's whitewater community. We introduced riverboarding to Montana over a decade ago and were the first and only outfitter to be certified to teach river rescue. The regional leader in swiftwater rescue and whitewater rafting instruction, Montana River Guides  has provided river rescue training for over 150 different agencies and organizations. Through our work with the Whitewater Rescue Institute, we continue to be a leader and innovator in river safety and rescue instruction.  Professional river guides and instructors,  professional rescuers, agency river rangers and managers, and many more private rafters, canoeists and kayakers have attended Montana River Guides Swiftwater Rescue Classes, Raft Guide Schools, Kayak and Rafting Clinics, and summer Youth Adventure Camps. MRG played a key role in Xtreme Sports 4 Vets, a project that helps veterans with PTSD enjoy extreme sports. We also offer free trips for people undergoing treatment for cancer in our River Care program.  

IN THE NEWS! Montana River Guide's owner Mike Johnston was on the Yellowstone River all summer with the Whitewater Rescue Institute (WRI) coordinating the a river cleanup for an oil spill near Billings Montana.  Mike and longtime MRG Guide Cody Harris are the co-founders of WRI.  They worked on the Yellowstone from early July hrough 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 river. WRI developed a cleanup staff of over 70 emts, swiftwater rescue technicians and jetboat operators who collectively transported over 25,000 people -- over 100,000 aggregate river miles.  Current and former MRG guides Yael Girard, Jesse Dagle, Jenna Witkowski, Matt Drummond, Alan Burgmuller, Brett Mollenhauer and Joe Blattner all played key roles in the WRI operation.

VIDEO LINK!     So whether it's a Montana whitewater raft trip, a scenic float along the Lewis and Clark Trail, or a riverboarding adventure, our guides truly enjoy sharing each river's unique story and helping you discover Montana's amazing river adventures. We believe rivers bring out the best in us by providing a reminder of our direct connection to the natural world that we forget about in our everyday lives. While we guarantee a fun and memorable river adventure, our goal is to create a positive, meaningful river experience that will give you memories for a lifetime. Your adventure begins here.   Welcome aboard.

1-800-381-RAFT • 406-777-4837 E-mail: rivers@montana.com