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2020 SEASON AVAILABILITY UPDATE

July 8, 2020 by Colin Hughes

2020 SEASON AVAILABILITY & UPDATE
MIDDLE FORK SALMON RIVER 
Dates Length Adult/Youth Availability
July 8-13 6 Days $2460/2350 FULL
July 16-21 6 Days $2460/2350 FULL
July 24-29 6 Days $2460/2350 2
August 1-6 6 Days $2460/2350 15+
August 9-14 6 Days $2460/2350 FULL
August 17-22 6 Days $2460/2350 5
August 25-29 5 Days $2210/2100 15+
September 2-7** 6 Days $2460/2350 4
September 12-17 6 Days $2460/2350 6
September 21-25+ 5 Days $2210/2100 FULL
September 25-30 +* 6 Days $3540 12+

*Trips with the possibility to Charter for exclusivity!
** 2020 Jazz Trip will be September 2-7!!!
+ 2020 “Cast & Blast” Cutthroat fishing & Chukar hunting opportunities!

Book your Middle Fork Salmon River Trip
SALMON RIVER CANYONS
Dates Length Adult/Youth Availability
July 12-14* 3 Days $1300/$1215 15+
July 16-20 5 Days
$1980/$1795
FULL
July 20-24 5 Days
$1980/$1795
15+
July 24-28 5 Days
$1980/$1795
FULL
August 2-6 5 Days
$1980/$1795
FULL
August 6-10 5 Days
$1980/$1795
FULL
August 10-14*~ 5 Days
$1980/$1795
4
August 14-18* 5 Days
$1980/$1795
15+
August 18-22* 5 Days $1980/$1795 15+
August 26-30*
September 2-6*
September 11-15
September 20-24*^
October 6-11*+
5 Days
5 Days
5 Days
5 Days
5 Days
$1980/$1795
$1980/$1795
$1980/$1795
$2499
$2999
15+
15+
15+
16
12

* Trips with the possibility to charter for exclusivity!
~ Persied Meteor Shower Trip
^ 2020 “Cast & Blast” Bass fishing & Chukar Hunting opportunity!
+ 2020 “Cast & Blast” Steelhead fishing & Chukar hunting opportunity!

SALMON RIVER CANYONS 4-DAY OPTION

Call the HRE office about booking a 4 Day Salmon River Canyons Trip.  All of the 5-Day trips have a 4-Day option.

Adult – $1620
Youth – $1475

Book your Salmon River Canyons Trip
SELWAY RIVER TRIPS 
Dates Length Price Availability
July 14-19 6 Days $3500 1
July 25-30 6 Days $3500 2
August 8-13*~ 6 Days $3750 8

*Trips with the possibility to Charter for exclusivity!
~ Fishing Trip (1 Angler/Boat/Guide)
– Call the HRE office for information about other dates for groups of 8 or more.

Book Your Selway River Trip
COVID – 19 & RIVER TRIPS 
With Covid-19 cases continuing to rise, we are asking our clients and staff to take every precaution possible to ensure the most safe and healthy trips on the river as we can.  This includes limiting exposure to large groups or gatherings before your trip, wearing face masks when going out to public places and during travel to and from the river trip, and washing your hands more often and more thoroughly!  Please practice high levels of sanitation and precaution when preparing for and traveling to your river trip.  Please remember to self evaluate for signs or symptoms of possible covid-19 infection in the weeks and days leading up to your river trip.

HRE has improved sanitation on the river as well.  We have invested in many products for around camp and the boat houses.  Each guide will be wearing a mask/handkerchief/buff while preparing any meal that won’t be cooked, while serving any food, and while in close quarters such as a bus ride to and from the river.  Clients will also be required to wear a mask/handkerchief/buff while serving themselves food or using any group shared common items (ie: water cooler, cocktail ice cooler, hot water and coffee dispensers, etc.)  We have also invested in a product called Vital Oxide which has a half life of around 60 seconds and the effectiveness of 100% bleach.  Guides will be moving around the camp spraying down common items with the Vital Oxide routinely.  We have also invested in gallons of hand sanitizer and each shared common item will have a hand sanitizer stationed along side which you will need to use (or wash your hands) before using any shared common camp item.  Between trips the gear is laundered, washed by our new Hotsy machine and commercial dish washer and/or sprayed down with Vital Oxide and hang dried.

We are ecstatic to be able to operate the 2020 season and offer trips with these increased sanitary protocols.  Nearing mid-season with these adjusted protocols we are happy to report that the trips are going extremely well and they are all very easy to follow.

To learn more about HRE & our trips please follow the links below

MIDDLE FORK SALMON

SALMON RIVER CANYONS

SELWAY RIVER TRIPS

HRE FACEBOOK PAGE

OR
Give us a call at 800-262-1882.

We look forward to seeing you on the river!

Our Very Best,

The Hughes Crew

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Client Testimonials

Please convey to Carole, to Jerry, and to all the wonderful guides and staff, my appreciation for a truly first-class trip on the Middle Fork. It really did exceed my already high expectations and I look forward to doing it again someday.
Ralph Rodgers, Knoxville, TN (2008)
Thank you for a wonderful raft trip on the Wallowa-Grande Ronde last June. We all had a great time and look forward to doing it again.
P. Pfeifer, Walnut Creek, CA (1995)
Thank you and your staff for providing a once-in-a-lifetime, wonderful experience for our 12 friends, my husband Andy, and me! All your guides were so pleasant, accommodating, and just down-to-earth, good hearted, fun loving gentlemen. Of course the scenery was breathtaking, but our enjoyment of our surroundings was only made possible by our guides, under whose guidance we were able to sit back and enjoy the ride! We all had so much fun, many laughs, and beautiful memories that will last our lif… Read more
S. Newell, Somerdale, NJ (2013)
The boys worked so very hard to make our river experience a truly memorable one!!…I didn’t feel we were able to give them a proper good-bye! This being my only regret of a near-perfect trip; you have a great group working for you and we can’t wait to join you again soon.
C & J Nichols, Manhattan Beach, CA (2005)
What a wonderful Salmon River trip – in all ways…. Every detail of the trip – great Guides, great food, great equipment – great place!  I was so impressed with all the Guides – their skill, their knowledge, their demeanor…. Thanks for all you did to make it so special.
Evans, Evergreen, CO (2021)
(We) just got home from Stanley, where we spent three lovely days trying to prolong the magic of our Middle Fork journey. Being back in New Jersey, we feel a sad ache in our hearts missing the beautiful river, mountains, and the new friends we made….Thanks so much. The power of the wilderness and the river will stay with us for a long, long time.
M. Elliott, Skillman, NJ. (2012)
We had a fantastic time and will definitely be rafting with you again. The guides were great in every aspect and it made the trip that much more enjoyable. They exceeded our expectations and that was hard to do. The food was delicious and I never felt like I was missing out by being gluten-free… they even made cakes and brownies for me.
E. Bynoe, St. George, Barbados. (2012)
We both had such a wonderful week – it will definitely be a vacation that will have an important place in our memories forever! It’s been hard to express to our friends and family at home just how perfect the trip was – you can’t imagine how beautiful the scenery is til you are thrust upon it.
P. Kiggen, Chagrin Falls, OH (1992)
An amazing 6 day float down the Middle Fork with incredible guides – thank you Buzz, Tony, Josh, Aaron, David, Mark & Molly. Thank you for creating a life time of memories and sharing your passion with us!
K. Crandal, Atlanta, GA (2015)
I can never thank you, Carole, and our wonderful guides, Josh, Tony, Mike, and Ben enough for providing that amazing … lifetime experience.  There are no words.  You’re our new extended family….  I frequently replay one video on my phone which brings me right back to the calm and peaceful days on the river.  What I wouldn’t give to be there right now.
M. Frazier-Koch (2019)
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