Sanne Hilbrich

I was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, but moved to Bozeman, Montana for University and studied Environmental Sciences and Fish Ecology. I grew up fishing at our family cottage on a remote lake in Quebec, and have carried that affinity to the Western US. 2025 marks my 10th season guiding on the Middle Fork Salmon, and my first with Canyons! Throughout my career, I’ve guided on many other rivers in Idaho including the Middle and Lower Owyhee, Jarbidge, and Bruneau. I also guide commercially on the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. Getting on a boat and moving downstream with earth’s gravity is my safe space and my happy place, where I feel most at home. In the off season I love to travel and boat internationally, I’ve spent years teaching Wilderness Medicine and Swift Water Rescue courses on rivers in Colorado and Utah, and worked as a backcountry ski guide in Sun Valley. Slowly but surely I am working towards completing a Graduate degree in Fisheries ecology, all of which was inspired by advocating for our beloved and endangered Snake River Salmon.