Salmon River Whitewater Rafting
The "River of No Return" drifts through quiet pools and surges into churning whitewater. The Salmon Canyon is an ideal place to enjoy paddle rafts and inflatable kayaks. Green, Cougar, Snow Hole, and Blue canyons offer many of the Salmon's best rapids, including Demons Drop, Pine Bar, Bodacious Bounce, Half & Half, Snow Hole, China, Zig Zag, Slide, Sluicebox, Checkerboard, Eye of the Needle, and more.
Many species of cold and warm water fish live in the Salmon River, including rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, catfish, white sturgeon, steelhead, and salmon. Summer trips offer fly and spin casting for bass and trout, and "catch & release" fishing for white sturgeon. The backcountry and natural histories of the Salmon Canyon are intriguing. The Nez Perce War touched this region, and stories of the Billy Creek Crossing and the Battle of White Bird are remarkable chapters of Salmon River history. We stop to inspect Chinese rock houses, abandoned mines, and Indian pictograph sites.
The Salmon River Canyon winds through lonely Natural Resource Lands managed by the Cottonwood Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management. |
Whitewater
rafting trips on the Salmon River are incredible outdoor vacations. The Salmon
is famous as Idaho's "River of No Return". Enjoy long summer days, warm
swimming water, the largest pure white sand bar camps in the West, roller
coaster rapids, and wonderful canyonlands.
Camping on the Salmon's huge sand
beaches is unforgettable. As the largest undammed river in the lower 48 states,
the Salmon provides a unique opportunity to enjoy pristine sandbars and natural
riparian areas. The camps are perfect for swimming, frisbee, volleyball, or
making a sand castle.
The Salmon River
Canyon provides habitat to a wide variety of wildlife. The area's birds include
canyon wren, water ouzel, kingfisher, chukar partridge, Canada geese,
merganser, heron, and many more. These canyons feature one of the world's
highest concentrations of raptors. Golden eagle, red-tailed hawk, northern
harrier, American kestrel, nighthawk, and osprey all frequent the Canyon. You
can hear coyotes howl and spot beaver, otter, or mink. Mule deer and
white-tailed deer are often seen during the summer. Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep, elk, cougar, and bobcat are common but rarely spotted.
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