Maine Raft Guide: Matt Bateman
Maine’s Penobscot River is Matt’s favorite whitewater trip to guide, and any Kennebec River Brewery IPA is his choice post rafting beer.
We’ve been guiding whitewater rafting trips at Northern Outdoors in The Forks, Maine for over 40 years, but somehow Maine’s three rivers — the Kennebec River, the Dead River and the Penobscot River — are more fun every season! It must be you guys. Read your whitewater rafting trip reports, get some Maine travel tips, and meet our Registered Maine Whitewater Guides below. Post your rafting photos and other Maine adventures on Instagram with #NorthernOutdoors to be featured in our taproom.
Maine’s Penobscot River is Matt’s favorite whitewater trip to guide, and any Kennebec River Brewery IPA is his choice post rafting beer.
Mike does it all around here: whitewater rafting guide, hunting guide, snowmobiling guide, and (perhaps most importantly) head brewer of on-site Kennebec River Brewery!
I grew up in Bucksport Maine, watching the Penobscot River drain into the ocean. As a child my father brought me on fishing trips to places like Saboomook and Caucomgomoc in the upper reaches of the West Branch of the Penobscot River…
It’s the final Dead River release of the year. The river will be running at 6000 cubic feet per second. The guides’ excitement is palpable — October may just be the most spectacular time on the river.
Avid outdoorsman, Registered Maine Guide, V. Paul Reynolds pens a column for The Piscataquis Observer on Penobscot River Whitewater Guides — featuring Northern Outdoors’ icon Todd “Penobscotman” Mercer.
The Kennebec river is beautiful and was very exciting. The meal at lunchtime was truly outstanding, Much more than we were expecting!!! … The rest of the trip was fun too, with time to explore a waterfall, and a nice calm drift at the end… This trip was worth every penny! And every mile we drove to get here! The video at the end was really great and fun to watch. We can’t wait to try a Dead River trip next time.
Northern Outdoors is the best for rafting adventures. They have an on site brewery bar and restaurant that are all awesome and delicious.
Spent Memorial Weekend up in Maine on the Dead River and had a blast. Our guide, Erica, was awesome and the small Diablo raft was a blast. The Dead was a great river and the drop in and out was pretty conveniently close to Northern Outdoors.
Maine whitewater raft guide Trevor goes fishing when not rafting, and is an outdoor educator in the off-season.
If you’ve got an outdoorsy family an active family reunion in the Maine woods might be the perfect thing!