Maine Whitewater Rafting Guide Molly Stirk

Name: Molly Stirk
Hometown: Silver Cliff, Wisconsin
Age of First Rafting Trip: 17
Year you started guiding at Northern Outdoors: 2023

What type of guiding do you do? Whitewater Rafting

What do you enjoy most about working at Northern Outdoors?
I love meeting new people everyday and getting to share the river with them. Meeting a group of people and then taking them down class IV and V rapids moments later is a very special experience and there’s nothing else like it!

What is your favorite river to guide, and your favorite rapid on that river?
Penobscot River, The Cribworks

What’s your classic Northern Outdoors memory?
Level I and II Training, some of the most intense yet rewarding days of my life. I couldn’t have asked for better trainers and trainees to guide me along the way. No matter how tired we were, we’d always find something silly to laugh about at the end of the day.

Where do you adventure when you are not working?
Baxter State Park, or right back on the river!

What do you do in the off-season when you’re not guiding for Northern Outdoors?
Reminisce about sunny days on the river.

Tell us about any certifications, special talents, guide awards.
Wilderness Advanced First Aid
Penobscot River Part Time Guide of the Year
Kennebec River Guide of the Year

What rivers have you run outside of Maine?
Peshtigo, WI
Menominee, WI
Colorado, AZ
Dechutes, OR
North Umpqua, OR
McKenzie, OR
White Salmon, WA
Winnepesaukee, NH
Ammonusuc, NH
Pemigewassett, NH
Mad River, NH
Contoocook River, NH
Lehigh, PA

Which Kennebec River Brewery beer is your top choice after a day on the river?
Big Mama Blueberry