Meet Our Guides

All our trip leaders are registered and Registered Maine guides with first aid and CPR training. We take pride in our safety record, and our guests’ well-being is our first priority.

Chip Cochrane, Allagash Canoe Trips

Master Maine Guide Chip Cochrane on the Allagash just upstream of Five Finger Brook, leaning on his custom Shaw and Tenney beaver tail, tiger maple paddle, standing behind his 1958 Wood & Canvas 20 ft. Old Town "Guide" Canoe

CHIP COCHRANE began guiding with his father, Warren, and grandfather, Herb, at age 11 in 1971; since then he has accumulated more than fifty years of Allagash experience, just completing his 198th Allagash trip! A Master Maine Guide and former World Cup downhill racer for the US Ski Team, Chip has been coaching developing alpine racers at Carrabassett Valley Academy during winter months. In recent years, Chip has captured first place medals in several National Downriver Whitewater Open Canoe Championships, and is currently a 25 time national canoe poling champion. Chip is also a whitewater canoe and kayak instructor and recently became a private pilot.

Lani Cochrane, Allagash Canoe Trips guide

Registered Maine Guide Lani Love finishing her Northwoods J-stroke using her 64" T-Grip Clement wood laminate paddle, gliding across Long Lake in her 1964 18 ft. Wood & Canvas Old Town "Guide" canoe

LANI LOVE began guiding with Chip in 1988, and has worked as a whitewater raft guide and kayak instructor. Maine Guide and with 125 Allagash trips under her belt, Lani has won several national titles in downriver whitewater canoe racing and is the reigning female national canoe poling champion. Lani quite often guides trips with their two daughters, the fourth generation, Chloe and Czari. Lani has also been a recreation winter guide for Maine Huts & Trails in the western mountains of Maine, an adventure racer and a physical trainer.

WARREN COCHRANE, Yale '60, a Maine guide since 1957, began running Allagash trips in 1951 with his father, Herb, and lead trips in Maine and Canada until 2002. A former teacher and coach, he has owned and operated a mail-order business specializing in anti-aging and sports nutrition. Warren taught workshops on canoe poling and efficient paddling, and has won national awards in poling and downriver whitewater canoe racing.

February 2019 update. After a 20-year struggle with Parkinson's, Warren passed away peacefuly in his sleep. His own love of the sport of canoeing was only surpassed by his passion to share his knowledge with others.

LINDA KOSKI has led trips with Warren since 1984, and has served as our trip coordinator for 17 years. She practices as a massage therapist year round and although she doesn't guide any more, she still loves to get out on the water as often as possible.