Colorado River Rafting
Cataract Canyon rafting is an anomaly. Its rapids rank along with those of the Grand Canyon in power and difficulty. In fact, the river becomes unruly during the run off in May and June.
Salmon River Rafting
There is a green hole in the middle of Idaho. A spot refreshingly empty on your highway map. A place where pavement never was…and wild rivers still are…the Salmon River- The River of No Return.
Popular Utah whitewater rafting and mountain biking outfit adds four new and exhilarating rafting trips to its lineup in Idaho. Well known Utah white water rafting outfit, Holiday River Expeditions, is expanding its lineup of trips to include four new and very exciting rafting vacations on the Salmon River in Idaho. The first trip is … Read more
by Julie Trevelyan If you feel like getting onto the river with a group of women who all like to stretch out with yoga moves, Holiday has some perfect rafting trips to check out. For 2013, Holiday’s Women’s Rafting Trips head out on Lodore, the Salmon River Canyons, and Cataract Canyon. There’s no stress as you … Read more
by Julie Trevelyan What’s great about Idaho river rafting? Everything! The Salmon River Canyons trip in particular offers an adventure sure to linger in your memory. Gorgeous white sand bars, awesome rapids like Bodacious Bounce and Checkerboard, ancient Nez Perce pictographs, and the deepest river gorge in the United States, Hells Canyon, are all part of it. … Read more
By Derek Farr In winter, it’s our job in Idaho to wish for snow. After all, today’s snow is tomorrow’s river. So last week, while we lamented our small and diminishing snowpack, the National Weather Service predicted that a moderate low pressure system, bolstered by a Canadian cold front, would produce 3-7 inches of snow. … Read more
By Derek Farr Inspiring words are often written by men and women in poems, lyrics, books and stories. But how often does inspirational language come from legislation? In my experiences, not very often. Yet the Wilderness Act of 1964 is different. The Act contains these 44 words that beautifully sum up the significance of our … Read more
By Derek Farr We don’t just eat on our Main Salmon trips, we feast. Hearty breakfasts, big lunches, delicious dinners and sumptuous deserts are staples of our river expeditions. We also bring snacks, appetizers and soft drinks to ward off the first pangs of hunger. But we’re not the only large mammals in the canyon. … Read more
By Derek Farr Often when I’m traveling and I tell somebody that I live in Idaho, I’m asked, “Idaho! Like the potatoes? “ My answer is always the same: “yes” and “no.” Everybody knows about Idaho’s potatoes and they should. The Gem State (as Idaho’s otherwise known) is the nation’s number one producer of potatoes … Read more
Humans have always had an affinity for the confluence of great rivers. We often build our cities on confluences. My home town, Greeley, Colo., while no great city, was founded at the confluence of the Cache la Poudre and South Platte rivers in 1869. A much bigger city, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, rises from the confluence of … Read more
By Derek Farr The Main Salmon River has two dominant seasons: one is hot and dry and the other is cold and snowy. Less than a month from winter solstice, it is now cold and snowy. The onset of winter triggers changes in the creatures that live in the great Salmon River wilderness of Idaho. … Read more
By Derek Farr Sometime in early April 2011, a warm, wet frontal system came onshore in southern Oregon. From there, it spun north and east until it ran upon the snow covered mountains above the Salmon River. What happened next was nearly apocalyptic. Sheets of warm rain soaked the deep snowpack, melting the snow’s … Read more