Day before the trip: Arrive in Salmon, Idaho. We’ll meet in Salmon the evening before the trip. Flights from Boise to Salmon are available through Salmon Air Taxi. We will make reservations for you at the Stagecoach Inn and you can pay for them when you arrive. We’ll get together in the evening to hand out river gear and answer any last minute questions about the trip.

Day 1: We’ll meet at about 8AM and drive two hours to the put-in. When we reach the river, we’ll rig the boats and put on the water. Soon everyone will start getting into the flow of the trip. We’ll stop for lunch on a sandy beach, and later look at some Native American pictographs. Camp on the beach and eat a delicious dinner around the campfire.

Day 2-5: We like to keep our trips flexible and choose activities that suit each group. There will be opportunities to hike, fish, explore homesteads, soak in a hot springs, relax around camp, and even try rock climbing and rappelling. Generally, we are on the water for about 2 to 5 hours a day.

Day 6: We’ll have a quite float with one or two good rapids, eat lunch on the river and then on to the take out. We provide van transportation to McCall, Idaho and a short flight from McCall to Boise. We will make reservations for you at the Best Western Vista in Boise and you can pay when you arrive.

*August trips: Trips in August will fly directly from an airstrip on the river to Boise. The flight will leave the river mid-morning on the last day.

General Information

The Main Salmon River trip begins in Salmon, Idaho and ends in Boise, Idaho. Make your reservations in Salmon for the night before your trip at the Stagecoach Inn 1 208 756-2919 and in Boise the night you end your trip at the Best Western Vista Inn 1 800 727-5006.

Included in the cost is transportation from Salmon to the river and from the river back to Boise, meals beginning with lunch on the first day, and use of our sleeping bags, pads, and tents (or bring your own gear and receive a $40 discount).

Flying: Fly into Boise, Idaho then take Salmon Air Taxi Charter Air (800 448-3413) to Salmon. Then, the day your trip ends, we provide air charter back to Boise, arriving around 6pm.

Driving: Drive to Salmon, Idaho then have your car shuttled to the end of the trip (near Riggins, Idaho) by River Shuttles (1 800 831-4942.)

Hotel: Please make hotel reservations at the Stagecoach Inn in Salmon the night before the trip, and at the Best Western Vista Inn in Boise the day your trip ends. If you wish to make other arrangements, please give us a call and we will be happy to assist you.

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