Good company starts with the guides.

Nate Pelton

New York State licensed guide #3026

Nate began guiding in 1997. What started as a summer job became a career and a life on the river. When he and Becky aren’t running Adirondack rivers, they explore other rivers around the country.

Mandy Bane

New York State licensed guide #7048

Mandy grew up on the Youghiogheny River in western Pennsylvania. Her dad was a river guide, and she joined him on more trips as a youngster than she can remember. The river is in her blood.

Justin Bazil

New York State licensed guide #5331

Nick Carvin

New York State licensed guide #7518

After years in the mountains of different countries, Nick moved into whitewater and started working through his river wish list. Away from a peak or a river, his work includes environmental, health and safety responsibilities in the Northern Catskills.

Greg Casto

New York State licensed guide #3088

Greg has guided rafts since 1997 and leads many of the Hudson overnight trips. He is also licensed on the Moose River and has experience running rivers around the country.

Brian Conway

New York State licensed guide #4577

Brian began his whitewater career as a kayak instructor in 1997 and started guiding rafts in 2004. Off the river, he teaches high school.

Nick Daba

New York State licensed guide #4832

Nick fell in love with whitewater on a Housatonic River rafting trip in Connecticut. After organizing trips for friends, he became licensed in Maine and then New York. He also works as a physical therapist.

Mark Erler

New York State licensed guide #3095

Mark “The Professor” Erler has guided since 1998. His knowledge of the river environment comes with plenty of stories. He also works on the ski patrol at Gore Mountain in North Creek.

Eric Knierim

New York State licensed guide #3135

Originally from Chicago, Eric found his way into the Adirondacks through whitewater. A teacher off the river, he spends his free time hiking into and paddling the region’s rapids.

Wolfie Landenberger

New York State licensed guide #8000

Ian Wolfgang Landenberger, known as Wolfie, started guiding in 2016. Away from the river, his work has included races at Gore Mountain and tending bar at Basil & Wick’s.

Jason Meyer

New York State licensed guide #3166

Jason started guiding on the Sacandaga River near Lake George in 1998, then added the Hudson. He has worked as a field technician for an environmental quality company and lives with his family in Saratoga Springs.

Bob Moses

New York State licensed guide #3447

Jason Richards

New York State licensed guide #6937

Jason is a native Adirondacker, woodsman, avid outdoorsman and self-employed logger. His early guiding seasons included some of the high water of 2013, and he brings knowledge of the Adirondacks to the raft.

Evan Richards

New York State licensed guide #7999

Born and raised in North Creek, Evan is a traveler with a long list of places to explore. He brings that curiosity back to his days on the river.

Joe San Antonio

New York State licensed guide #4421

Joe has rafted the Animas in Colorado, the Main Salmon in Idaho and the Nile in Uganda. He earned his New York State guide license in 2004 and guided Montana’s Alberton Gorge. His work has also included adventure-based programs for adolescents and ski instruction at Gore Mountain.

Frank Shaw

New York State licensed guide #2146

Frank’s background spans the Navy, flying, teaching high-school science and Gore Mountain ski patrol. He guides both day trips and overnight trips on the Hudson.