what do you pay for a river shuttle ?

[XXX-er]

To drop a group of paddlers on a river , drive their car or cars back to town and pick them up down river in a few days at a pre-arranged time/place maybe 4 to 6 hours on either end

what is the going rate ,what do you get paid or,what have you paid ,what have you been paid ??

[Yeti]

I've done it for free for friends. I've paid $50 to outfitters and camp owners in Maine who have driven my car from the put-in to the take-out -- not bad for taking up 10 or so man-hours of their time (two people driving the dirt roads to my vehicle, then caravaning to the takeout, then carpooling back to their base).

[thredayevt]

Glen Miller will run shuttle on the Cheat or Big Sandy rivers in WV for $10 per person, with a 5 or 6 person minimum. Beers are an extra buck each. It's probably a 20 minute drive one way from put-in to take-out on the cheat, with a solid chunk of it on a pretty bad dirt/logging road. That's my only point of reference. Hitchhiking, however, is usually free.

[Flaskman]

$110 last year on the Rogue, but it saves us a whole day= worth it.

[refried]

Don't shuttle bunnies provide the takeout beer too?
If it's a friend do it for free, they'll probably $50.

[Storm11]

Only shuttle I've paid for is for Cataract, which was about $120 a vehicle

[XXX-er]

I did the dropoff for a trip yesturday ,drop offs are always a cluster fuck ,kayakers are usually your ADHD types but this was 3 non commercial rafts full of family and friends ...it was like herding fucking cats

we were told be there at 12 noon but actualy didnt leave till past 3pm , yelled out 3 times put whatever aint going in the raft in the truck cuz we are leaving ... got home at 7pm

I figured on starting 1 hr late so I figure it to be 6hrs of no stress work for 100$ or 17$ an hr ... not a bad wage for a ski bum

the pickup is usually shorter ,the last pickup I made 100$ for <4 hrs work and out of that I brought them a VERY COLD case of beer

[carvedog]

come on out to Idaho I will pay you $20 an hour.

we pay $250 per car for MF Salmon shuttles. Put in to take out is a good 7 hours or so.

$350 for Main shuttles. This is 12 hours at least from one end to the other.

SF Boise shuttles about an hour and a half are $60.

you should have just got in and drove off. what river is this?

[XXX-er]

the Babine river and it was one of my best friends so I couldnt really just drive off ,he did get the bro deal which is is 200$ for the drop & a pickup 3 days later ,the non bro is 250$

so you quote them flat rate and depending on how big of a CF the group is you make anywhere between 16 to 30$ an hr ,if they are bro's and they slide me a little extra I will also have a case of extremely cold corona at the takeout so it sounds to me like I am not gouging and a group of germans offered my buddy 350$ a few years ago .

also what I found is its not too hard to find someone who will give up one day but they can't give up 2 days for both ends of a multi-day so I needed to organise multiple drivers

A shuttle driver on the Babine will save that group an 8 hr round trip + the gas in those vehicals

I got 5 trips this year which will pay for a seasons pass

[carvedog]

the Babine river and it was one of my best friends so I couldnt really just drive off ,he did get the bro deal which is is 200$ for the drop & a pickup 3 days later ,the non bro is 250$


I got 5 trips this year which will pay for a seasons pass

I know you can't drive off. I have helped do some different shuttles. Especially if I could throw my kayak up top and boat some new stuff.

I enjoy driving around river canyons too.
Did you save it all up for the pass? Well done anyway. Sounds like all concerned got a good deal.

[XXX-er]

I live well within my means so I don't really need to save the $ so it kind of goes into general revenue ,I had already bought the early bird and a new set of JJ's last april when the hill closed

I have decided to get my class 4 which you need to officialy drive a 15 passenger for a bit of shuttling tourists or whatever ... a low impact way to make a little extra coin

[William Murderface]

250 for MF or Main shuttles... only in early season when we don't have dick else to do