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The Heart of Idaho
My hands were curled over the sides of the Frisbee, held over the top of my head while small pieces of hail hit the tops of my fingers. I looked across from me at another rafter, Drew, who had a...
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Ask a River Guide: Idaho’s Classic Multi-day Rafting Trip Experience
OARS Guide Kerry Athey Shares What Makes Idaho’s Main Salmon River the Perfect Outdoor Adventure Kerry Athey grew up on the rivers of the West. From the age of two, when his parents took him on his...
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6 Flies to Carry on Multi-day River Trips
Multi-day river trips often leave limited space for excess fly fishing gear, especially when fishing isn’t the primary motive for the trip. Putting together a “catch-all” fly box that covers multiple...
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Wilderness Effect: The Case for Spending More Than a Week in the Wild
The first time I spent more than a consecutive week outside was a Grand Canyon river trip with my dad. Seventeen-year-old me was uninterested in washing the silt from my hair after the trip ended. I...
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Guide Talk: Summer School on Idaho’s Salmon River
Meet Veteran OARS Guide Camilo Montaño Camilo Montaño was fairly certain that his guiding career was over after his very first commercial rafting trip on a daily stretch of the Rio Grande in New...
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How to Snag 10 of the Most Coveted Private River Permits
In Edward Abbey’s book, Desert Solitaire, published in 1968, the author and a friend decided on a whim to float the Colorado River—a kind of spontaneity no longer afforded to river runners today, at...
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Wisdom from River Guides
Over the past few years I’ve done eight river trips on our grand western rivers: the Colorado, Green, and Salmon. The shortest trip was 6 days and the longest was 28 days. By the end of each I was...
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What’s So Special About the Middle Fork of the Salmon River?
All my life I heard lore of the Middle Fork of the Salmon. People talk about the Middle Fork like they talk about birthdays, if birthdays came less often and lasted a whole week…oh, and also if a...
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Will the Middle Fork Salmon Debris Flow Impact 2023 River Trips?
Rafting Outfitters Poised to Navigate Any Uncertainties on the Middle Fork Salmon River This Season As anyone who floated the Middle Fork Salmon late last summer knows, the experience on the river was...
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Recipe From the River: Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce with Pound Cake
An Unexpected Twist on the Classic Summer Dessert I remember the first time I ever made this fruity dessert. We were camped at Lone Pine Bar, a large, sprawling beach camp on the Lower Salmon. The...
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