1 Week Intro to Whitewater Clinic – Y Camp Pine Crest

The white water skills clinic is a program for anyone who is new to white water paddling or folks looking to brush up on their skills! For one week on the Madawaska River, participants will learn all about canoeing in rapids. Most of their time will be spent paddling rapids with brief breaks to discuss how to understand the features of a rapid, paddling strokes, white water rescue, and how to swim in white water. The white water clinic is short and sweet — participants are always surprised by how much fun they have and how much they learn. Participants will set up a home base camp on the first day of the clinic and spend the entirety of the trip on the same camp site. The program will start and finish at Pine Crest. Please note this trip is an all-gendered program, accommodations both on trip and at camp will be all-gender. This is an introductory program so no white water paddling experience is required! Participants are required to be able to swim 160m and tread water for 2 minutes. To finalize your registration for this leadership program, please ensure that you fill out the Medical & Camper Experience Form by navigating to activity number #148625.