Summer Instruction

Kayak and Canoe Whitewater River Clinics

Beginner: Learn basic boat handling, river reading, and safety techniques that will enable you to feel comfortable and to “Play” the river. Our two day clinics start on flat water, then go to moving water, works up to whitewater, and finally a full river adventure.

Intermediate: These clinics are designed for those who have been kayaking before. Instruction will focus on eddy turns, peel outs, and ferries. This clinic is offered in a one or two day format. Clearwater Sports provides all the equipment and transportation from the shop. Don’t forget extra clothes and a towel!

Cost:
2-day clinics for 4 or more participants — $245
Semi-private for 2 to 3 participants — $285
Private — $325
1-day clinics for 4 or more — $145
Semi-private 2 or 3 — $185
Private $225 — Reservations required

Kayak Safety Clinic

This clinic is a must for those who want to develop their paddling skills and take their adventures to new heights. Instruction includes paddle and bracing strokes, paddling efficiency, safety, and solo and assisted re-entry rescue techniques.

Cost: $75.00 per person- with your own boat

Kayak Roll Classes

This two-hour class emphasizes Eskimo rolls, safety, wet-exits, and basic paddle strokes. Limited to five paddlers per instructor, you will receive one-on-one instruction.

Cost: $45 per class of 3 or more — Semi-private $65 per class of up to 2

Orienteering Workshops

This clinic is designed to teach you the skills that will allow you to walk freely and safely throughout the backwoods of Vermont without the need to stay on the beaten path. This hands-on workshop will emphasize awareness skills and show you how to have fun with map and compass. First you will learn basic compass skills to allow you to successfully run our bearings course. This will lead to developing such concepts as reading a topographic map, shooting a bearing, declination, and low impact hiking. Finally we will use our new found skills to do a point to point bushwhack, totally off trail, to graduate you into the world of the safe off-trail wanderer.

Cost: $60 per person — Reservations required.

Inquire about our Day and Overnight Canoe/Kayak Shuttle Service, Lake Touring Safety Clinics, and our Family Oriented Guided Naturalist Day Trips.