Posts Tagged ‘Idaho’

The Return of the Salmon Supreme

by ECHO Staff on October 17th, 2006

Snow on the Middle Fork A few hearty souls have prompted us to bring back the “Salmon Supreme.” This is a seven day combination of the Middle Fork and Main Salmon when we expect the water to be it’s highest and the weather to be it’s coldest. This trip would normally take twelve days to finish the 161 to 186 miles, but with high water we can do it in seven.

This is a trip for those of you that want to experience an adventure. If the water is too high, we’ll have to fly in to Indian Creek and only run 161 miles. If the weather is too bad, we’ll have to spend the day playing cards under tarps and in our tents. This is the kind of trip that legends are made of and stories are told about for years to come.

Learn more about the “Salmon Supreme” >>

This post was tagged with Idaho, Middle Fork of the Salmon, rafting, river trips, wilderness and posted in Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Special Trips.

Special 3 or 4 Day Middle Fork Trips

by ECHO Staff on June 12th, 2006

The Middle Fork of the Salmon is normally a 5 or 6 day trip covering 75 or 100 miles. There is no road access to the river between the put-in point and the take-out. But there are some airstrips along the river, and we are using two of these to offer shorter trips.

MIDDLE FORK 4-DAY TRIP August 20 – 23, 2006 $1295 per person
On this trip we begin by flying in to the Thomas airstrip at the Middle Fork Lodge and floating 65 miles to the regular take-out at Cache Bar. This trip gives us two days of relatively easy water before we enter Impassable Canyon, with the best and most challenging rapids the Middle Fork has to offer. Some highlights of the trip are natural hot springs, Indian pictographs, and such great rapids as Earthquake, Redside, Webber, Hancock, Rubber, House Rock and Devil’s Tooth before we reach the confluence with the Main Salmon, or River of No Return. We end with Cramer Creek, the four-year-old rapid on the Main Salmon and the biggest of them all.

MIDDLE FORK 3-DAY TRIP September 1-3. 2006 $995 per person
On this trip we fly into an airstrip at The Flying B Ranch and float the last 35 miles of the Middle Fork. The river starts gaining momentum shortly after leaving the Ranch, and continues to build as we float through Impassable Canyon before running onto the Main Salmon.

Price includes:
- charter flight from the town of Stanley to the river the morning of the first day
- Tents, sleeping bags, air mattresses and camp chairs
- All meals, beginning with lunch the first day and ending with lunch the last day
- Beer, wine and soft drinks with meals
- Bus transportation from the river to the town of Salmon the last day

Price does not include:
- Transportation to Stanley before the trip and from Salmon after the trip
- Pre- and post-trip lodging

This post was tagged with Idaho, Middle Fork of the Salmon and posted in Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

Teen Whitewater Camp

by ECHO Staff on January 17th, 2005

Over the years, many parents have asked us to run a whitewater skills camp for teenagers. We are running one this year. It is a seven-day camp, Aug 5 – 11, 2005, on the Salmon River in Idaho. Minimum age is 16 and the cost is $795 per person.

This will be an excellent opportunity for young people to pick up basic skills in river running and river camping. We will teach reading water, operating oar rafts, paddle rafts and inflatable kayaks, basic camp skills, camp cooking, and river safety.

This is also a way for teenagers to see if they would really like to become river guides. While not a “boot camp” or Outward Bound type experience, the camp will require more energy and participation than a regular river trip. For those over 18, check out our professional guide school.

This post was tagged with Idaho, training and posted in Guide School.