A 50% deposit is required to secure your space. If you are registering inside of the 90 day window, the remaining balance is due immediately.

Please review our cancellation policy, which you will find on our Terms, Conditions & Cancellation Policy Page.

You need a whitewater boat, whitewater paddling equipment, your own food and transportation. We will work together with the other participants to shuttle around town. 

Steve Fassbinder

Steve, aka “Doom,” is one of the country’s first Level 4 American Canoe Association Packraft Instructors. And he will be a certified International Rescue 3 Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRT-PRO) and IRF Whitewater Packraft Guide late April. Steve is also certified in Advanced Swiftwater Safety and Wilderness First Responder. An early adopter of packrafting, he has guided or instructed bike-packrafting to kids and adults for over a decade. And he has done remote packrafting expeditions around the world for over a dozen years.

What you learn depends on your previous experience and how much we can cover in one day. This is only a one-day course, so don’t expect to learn the full curriculum.

Advanced Paddling & River Running Skills

• ✔You should already have mastered all the Level 1 & 2 course skills, including Swiftwater Rescue skills (or you need to have SSI certification). 
• ✔Technical and complex strokes
• ✔Dancing with the river: running big waves and laterals.
• ✔Managing vertical drops
• ✔Advanced surfing
• ✔Paddling a expedition loaded boat in whitewater
• ✔How to read whitewater