During the off season, many guides are younger, taking college courses that fill up their winter months. Other guides can be found traveling to warmer parts of the world, working at ski resorts, working in retail, waiting tables and other jobs that any seasonal worker enjoys. Being a rafting guide is a lot like being a teacher, except that they work during the summer instead of during the winter. Therefore a rafting guide has months out of the year where they’re free to enjoy whatever they desire to, whether it is working the earn some more money or to spend their hard earned rafting money on a trip of their dreams.

To stay in shape for opening season isn’t too hard for rafting guides. Most of them work in areas that keep them in shape consistently. However, by running, weight lifting, hiking, mountain biking and other activities that give your body a boost, rafting guides are able to stay in shape that provides them with the energy and skills that rafting needs. It’s important for rafting guides to stay in the best shape possible because their jobs are very demanding mentally and physically. Guides enjoy the outdoors, so staying in shape is not something they find hard to accomplish but more of a daily routine that they enjoy.

Rafting guides often spend their winters dreaming of the rivers they raft down every day during the summer. The opening season start date typically begins early April, varying between locations and companies dependent on water levels. Being so committed to a job like that, it’s hard to even consider being a rafting guide a job when it’s something that is enjoyed so immensely. This year rafting guides will be in their best shape mentally and physically, ready to take on what the rivers bring them.

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One of these thrilling journeys is done via a mile long zipline cable where you will zing down the mountainside while getting fantastic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cherokee Forest. You will be equipped with the proper safety helmet and other needed gear to use during this journey of a lifetime.
The Ocoee River Zipline Canopy Tour also features invigorating things along the way like cargo nets and bridges to traverse along the outing. There are also tree top towers from which you can view the forest floor hundreds of feet below!

The whole family can enjoy this, especially if they like speed and excitement. And the Zipline tour is led by experienced Raft 1 guides, so even if you have never done one before, you can safely participate in this marvelous trek.

Come to Raft 1 and sign up to day for the Ocoee River Zipline Canopy Tour or one of the Ocoee River rafting adventures down the rapids! These two trips are the chance of a lifetime that you won’t want to miss!

Raft 1 has some of the best Ocoee River whitewater rafting trips that you can begin in either Copperhill, Tenn. that run from the middle, upper and lower sections of the river.  The Ocoee River has white water rapids in Class 1-4, which provide rafting journeys for anyone from beginners to experts.

Raft 1river adventures are all led by top experienced guides who know how to help beginners get the hang of rafting the proper and safe way, as well as how to offer the more experienced crowds an exciting trek. Your Ocoee River journey allows you the opportunity for sightseeing, as well as getting the thrill of surging waters as you travel and maneuver through twists, turns and more in the nearly five mile treks.

So, if you want the time of your life, then Raft 1 has it with their Ocoee River rafting or other exciting Tennessee adventures!

Ocoee Mountain Biking

Many of these trailheads are less than 2 miles from the Raft One outpost, so it is easy to ride in & out of where you are staying. These trails range from the most experienced to “I just took my training wheels off”. (Dusty knows these trails best). We have ridden or hiked every square inch of the park, so ask us if you have any questions. This is a great way to spend the afternoon exploring the park’s beauty.

Rent a mountain bike with us. We have a fleet of Gary Fisher precision mountain bikes to fit any level of rider.

Click here to see the trails in Cherokee National Forest where the Ocoee is located.

Ocoee Ziplines and Canopy Tour

Raft One has added a Canopy Tour for 2011

Visit our Ocoee Canopy Tour and Zipline Website for all the details!

Hiking to a Waterfall

For us swimming is a must when hiking during the summer, so we narrowed down the trails with waterfalls. Some of our personal favorites are Benton Falls, Goforth Creek, and Jack’s River Falls. Ask us for information. We’ll tell you how to get there when you come to our outpost.

There are great hiking trails inside and surrounding Cherokee National Forest. Many of these trails can be hiked in a few hours by anyone in reasonable shape.

Click here to see a list of trails in the Cherokee National Forrest.