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Middle Fork of the Salmon

Middle Fork of the Salmon vs Main Salmon
2025 | Main Salmon | Middle Fork of the Salmon

Middle Fork of the Salmon vs Main Salmon

ByMatt Volpert April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Middle Fork of the Salmon versus the Main Salmon. Here’s a look at both, by the numbers, with further…

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USFS updates Middle Fork of the Salmon camp selection process
Middle Fork of the Salmon | 2025

USFS updates Middle Fork of the Salmon camp selection process

ByMatt Volpert February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

A notice on top of the 4 Rivers lottery webpage is alerting river users to a change to the…

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Velvet Falls debris flow on the middle fork of the salmon
2024 | Middle Fork of the Salmon

August 2023 Middle Fork Debris Flows

ByMatt Volpert January 18, 2024January 18, 2024

In August last season, significant rainfall occurred in a short period over numerous burn scars. The result was debris…

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Low water Middle Fork of the Salmon
Middle Fork of the Salmon

Middle Fork of the Salmon River Flows & Levels

ByMatt Volpert June 14, 2023June 15, 2023

The gauge for the Middle Fork of the Salmon is located at mile 34.45 near the Middle Fork Lodge….

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Two rafts going down river on the Middle Fork of the Salmon
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Middle Fork of the Salmon commercial launch schedule

ByMatt Volpert January 29, 2023August 13, 2024

Each year, the commercial launch schedule remains the same on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. If you were lucky…

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President Jimmy Carter’s Middle Fork trip

ByMatt Volpert May 11, 2022August 15, 2024

On August 22, 1978 President Jimmy Carter and his family took Marine One from Boise to Indian Creek Airstrip….

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Middle Fork of the Salmon

Middle Fork of the Salmon backcountry airlines

ByMatt Volpert March 30, 2022June 11, 2024

There are five backcountry airlines that fly into the Middle Fork of the Salmon. This list breaks them all out. Gem…

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Middle Fork of the Salmon

Middle Fork of the Salmon Hot Springs

ByMatt Volpert May 23, 2021June 12, 2023

The Middle Fork of the Salmon is well known for its many hot springs. This list breaks out the more…

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What’s a sweep boat?
Commercial | Favorites | Middle Fork of the Salmon

What’s a sweep boat?

ByMatt Volpert March 14, 2021June 12, 2023

Describing a sweep boat is an exercise of the imagination as nothing outside of the Middle Fork of the Salmon seems…

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