 IDAHO
Middle Fork - Salmon River
"Life is either a
daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the
children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the
long run than exposure."
-- Helen Keller (1880 -
1968)
A river of superlatives, the Middle Fork is famous white
water, breathtaking Rocky Mountain Scenery, unsurpassed wilderness camping,
abundant wildlife, perhaps the finest fishing in the western states, and then
we can begin to talk about the river itself, The Middle Fork.
Our six-day adventure package trips take us through
isolated and varied terrain. From Aspen clad forest to Ponderosa Pine lined
canyons, we float through the largest federally protected wilderness in the
continental United States, a wilderness abundant in wildlife and rich in
history. Along the way we run exhilarating rapids, hike spectacular trails and
soak in natural hot springs.
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From the put in point near Stanley in central
Idaho, the Middle Fork flows north dropping and turning for one hundred miles
to the confluence of the Main Salmon. We travel from steep, pine clad forest
and alpine terrain to rolling grasslands, then through Impassable Canyon, a
narrow gorge of towering cliffs and waterfalls. One of the original Wild and
Scenic Rivers, the Middle Fork grows from a mountain stream into a big volume
wave slashed river as numerous side streams add their flow.
The Middle Fork is challenging and a great
trip at any time during the summer months. Early season trips have the biggest,
most challenging white water. Later on, the weather is best and the fishing
superb. Most of our scheduled trips are six days long. |
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2006 Middle
Fork Dates:
June 3, 12, 21, 30
July
8, 16, 24
August 1, 9, 17, 25
September 2 - Special Fly Fishing
Trip
Middle Fork
Trip Notes
- Arrive Boise around noon the day before trip
departs.
- Fly via Salmon Air Taxi to Stanley, Idaho. Approximate
cost $105.
- You will stay in Stanley at the Mountain Village Lodge
the first evening at your expense. Your River Guides will meet with you that
evening at the Lodge.
- The next morning we drive up to our put-in-point about
2 hours from Stanley.
- We raft approximately 106 miles, camp five nights on
one of the wildest and most scenic rivers in North America.
- On the sixth day, we will transport you from our
take-out-point to Salmon Idaho where we fly you back to Boise. We usually get
back to Boise after 6 p.m.
- Most people stay at the Holiday Inn near the Airport
the last evening before flying home that next morning.
- We provide tents, sleeping bags, waterproof bags, and
sleeping pads. You just bring your clothes!
- Special fly-fishing trip on September 2. Maximum of 12
guests with only 2 guests per boat with a guide.
Price: $1795/adult; $1595/children 16 and under; plus Park Service fees and local taxes
Main - Salmon River
To float Idaho's Salmon River is to journey to America's
past. Protected by Congressional decree, the river corridor preserves reminders
of the canyon's earliest human inhabitants, ancestors if the Nez Perce and
Shoshoni people, and relics of later settlement by homesteaders miners,
ranchers and occasional hermits. Those who came chose well. The canyon is the
second deepest in North America and virtually inaccessible except by boat, and
then only those willing to confront stretches of white water and rapids of
consequence. In 1805, Captain Lewis opted for a more circuitous route west,
rather than risk the expedition he jointly commanded with Mr. Clark to the
perils of the Salmon. Our trip traverses the largest federally designated
wilderness in the Continental United States, a primitive, isolated land of deep
forests sparkling water, sandy beaches and towering canyon walls. This is home
to an abundant wildlife population that includes black bear, mountain goat, Big
Horn Sheep, Moose. eagles, elk and lion. Only Alaska has wilderness that is
comparable.
We float the Salmon using rugged inflatable rafts piloted
by skilled guides licensed by the State of Idaho. Rapids are interspersed with
calm stretches, our pace leisurely, with time to hike side trails, explore
abandoned homesteads or just relax on the sandy beaches. Our Salmon trips are
carefully structured vacations suitable for anyone in good health. Most are six
days long, and some are designated family adventure trips where families have
the "right of way" on these designated trip dates.
2006 Main
Salmon Adventure Dates:
June 12, 20,
28
July 6, 14, 22, and 30 (Special Family Adventure
Trips)
August 7, 15 (Special Family Adventure
Trips), 23, 31
Main Salmon
Adventure Trip Notes
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- Arrive Boise by noon the day before trip
departs.
- Fly via Salmon Aire Taxi to Salmon, Idaho.
Approximate cost $106.
- You will stay at the Stage Coach Inn that first
evening at your expense.
- We provide tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads,
and waterproof bags. You just bring your clothes!
- Guides meet with you the evening you arrive in
Salmon at the Stage Coach Inn.
- The next morning we drive you to the put-in point
about 2 hours from Salmon.
- We raft approximately 90 miles, camp 5 nights,
through the second deepest canyon in North America on one of the wildest and
most scenic rivers in North America.
- On the sixth day, we will transport you from the
river to McCall Idaho where we fly you back to Boise. You will usually arrive
back in Boise after 6 pm.
- Most people stay at the Holiday Inn near the
Airport the last evening before flying home that next morning.
- We provide tents, sleeping bags, and waterproof
bags. You just bring your clothes!
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- Special Family Adventure dates are July 6, 14, 22, 30,
and August 7, 15. Special family trip pricing, adults $1295 and children 14 and
under for only $795. Plus tax and a forest service fee of $30 per person. Trip
deposit is $575. Book your adventure today!
Price: $1395/adults; $895/children, 16 and under; plus Forest Service fees and local taxes.
Please note: The river trip portion of the trip is operated by an Idaho outfitter permitted by the State of Idaho and the US Forest Service.
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