Ladies, join us in Idaho for an end of summer river rendezvous on our Main Salmon River women’s rafting adventure. Let the river lead the way as you drift into wilderness. Feel the thrill of white water rafting, enjoy opportunities for wildlife viewing, sleep under the stars, and learn about women of the past and present who have made a life on the river. You will paddle in good company, unplug from the world, and connect with nature.

Join us on our Main Salmon River Women’s Rafting Adventure for a 9-day adventure that includes 5.5-unforgettable days rafting 80 miles of the scenic Main Salmon River. This adventure combines exciting class III+ whitewater rafting with slower opportunities to enjoy the scenery of towering granite canyons, swimming in calm clear water from the shores of sandy white sand beaches, a soak in hot springs, short shore excursions, and chances to spot wildlife like birds, bighorn sheep, eagles, and bears.

The Salmon River canyon is a remote, unique place with a lot of history, with many of the famous settlers being women. Your expert rafting guides will break up your time on the water with guided shore excursions to prehistorical sites with pictographs, and visits to homesteads to help connect you with the human story of the river, and the notable women of the Great Frontier. 

The adventure begins in Boise with an overnight at an airport area hotel to allow flexible arrival times. The following morning, participants will take a 50 minute charter flight in a prop plane over Idaho’s wilderness and touch down in town of Salmon, Idaho. In Salmon, we will continue to get to know each other, meet our river guides, and explore some of the historical spots of the cute mountain town. After a night at a hotel, we will embark on an adventure on the Main Salmon River passing through the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. There will be five days of camping. The take out is in Riggins, we will overnight in McCall on day 8. On the final morning, A 2-hour group ground transfer will return participants to Boise for afternoon flights.

The Main Salmon River is a perfect place to bring together women of all ages and backgrounds for a multi day rafting trip. Participants can be experienced rafters or newcomers who make this their introductory dip to test the waters.

Minimum 10 / Maximum 16

To ensure an intimate and authentic experience, the group is limited to no more than 16 participants, allowing us to connect more deeply while minimizing our impact on the pristine environment.

We need 10 participants to confirm this trip, and we truly appreciate your patience as we work toward that goal. We’re just as eager as you are to confirm this adventure!

Once the trip is confirmed, you’ll receive an email with essential details, including flight booking guidelines, waivers, and tour-specific information. If we’re unable to fill the trip within 90 days of the start date, all participants will receive a full refund.

A rafting adventure for any woman.

Any active and healthy woman who can swim and is comfortable in and around moving water can join our Main Salmon River women’s rafting adventure. All participants will ride as passengers (no paddling required) on oar boats paddled by a single oarsman / oarswoman. Those who want more of a challenge and exercise can learn to navigate rapids on an inflatable kayak. 

The Main Salmon River is a perfect place to bring together women of all ages and backgrounds for a multi day rafting trip. Participants can be experienced rafters or newcomers who make this their introductory dip to test the waters.

For some, the most challenging part is setting up camp and moving personal items. The less you pack, the less you have to pack up each day. However, do know that we are a team and happy to help eachother move bags and tents during set up a breakdown of camp each day. 

Pre/post river lodging is included in 3/2-star hotels

1 night Boise near the airport

1 night Salmon

1 night Mc Call

5 nights Camping 

Be prepared for the best night’s sleep you have had in a long time. This trip includes 5 nights riverside camping (2 women per tent) in 4 person tents.  During camping, your guides will provide you with hardy, healthy and hot breakfasts and multi-course dinners. We have all the good stuff, and it’s prepared on-site with a huge variety of fresh, often times local, produce, meats, seafoods, breads, and regional dinner wines. Lunches are typically sack lunches. 

Tents and sleeping pads are provided. Sleeping bags can be rented for an additional fee.  

Installments

For your convenience you can pay for your adventure in interest-free monthly installments using a checking account or credit card. 

ACH / Checking Account 

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Participants are highly encouraged to purchase travel insurance to cover unforeseen circumstances that may interrupt or cancel the trip. Purchase insurance within 14 days of your initial trip deposit for the maximum amount of benefit options including Cancel for Any Reason. You do not need to have your airline reservations to purchase travel insurance. Estimate the cost plus the package price to get your total trip cost. 

Travel insurance is available at:  https://greenedventures.com/travel-insurance/ 

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We strive to deliver a seamless and unforgettable travel experience. However, all itineraries are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. We reserve the right to modify the advertised itinerary, including changes to the order of activities, destinations, or accommodations, guides, and trip leaders without prior notice.

In the event of changes, we will make every effort to provide alternative arrangements of equal value to ensure your overall experience remains exceptional. Your safety, satisfaction, and enjoyment remain our top priorities.

We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we work to create the best possible journey for you.

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Schedule a flight to arrive by 4pm or before. Hotel check in is 3pm. The hotel’s airport shuttle will pick you up. Your trip leader will be waiting for you at the hotel and will greet you upon arrival. 

Welcome, orientation and pizza dinner delivered to the hotel.

Meals: D

+++Flight times are determined by availability with our charter. Below is an ideal schedule, but is subject to change.

Morning flight from Boise to Salmon, enjoy scenic views of Idaho Wilderness. Arrive Salmon, Idaho. We will drop our bags off at the hotel and stretch our legs with a walk downtown. 

5pm:  meet our partner and lead guide of Aggipah River Trips. During this orientation, participants will each receive waterproof duffel bags, and instruction on how to use them. Your guide will go over the expedition plan, and answer questions about the upcoming adventure. 

Group dinner at a restaurant in historic downtown Salmon. Overnight at the Stagecoach Inn or Similar. 

Meals: BD

After breakfast we take a two-hour (bumpy) bus ride to put-in at Corn Creek. Here, your guide will go through pre-trip orientation. Expect to be on the river by 11am.

Our introduction to the Main Salmon starts with exciting rapids such as Killum, Gunbarrel, Alder Creek, Rainier, Devil’s Teeth. Around 1pm, we will take a break and enjoy a riverside lunch with locally sourced ingredients. Your guide will lead you to some native American pictographs and give you insight about what life was like for people who lived in the canyon 12,000 years ago.

After lunch, more river rafting fun, and then arrive in camp about 4:30pm. 7:30pm Dinner. Relax with new friends.

Meals: BLD

6:15am Rise in the morning to smell of alpine air and freshly brewed coffee followed by a hearty breakfast prepared by your guides.

Break camp, and head downstream for another day in paradise. Expect big rapids like Black Creek, Hancock and Bailey with stretches of tranquil water allowing you to look for wildlife as you gaze at mountain views. A few excursions including a soak in a hot spring will break up the day on the water. 

Arrive at camp about 4:30pm. Dinner. Swap stories by the campfire.

Meals: BLD

Sip coffee riverside. Stretch. Feel the freedom of wilderness, the flow of the river, and connecting with nature. The routine of river life is settling in. You decide you may never leave.

Today you will have a mix of adrenaline pumping whitewater excitement. We’ll run 5-Mile, Split Rock, Big Mallard, Elkhorn and Growler Rapids, with stops for informative land excursions to learn about women who came to the Salmon River and never left.

Mid-morning meet with a local woman caretaker who has made her home along the Salmon River for 30+ years. You will learn what it takes to live year-round in one of the most remote parts of the US including a visit to her self-sustaining garden.

Afternoon, we will make an interpretive stop at another homestead. Learn how Francis Zaunmiller Wisner spent 46 years on the Salmon River, outliving two husbands and being self-sufficient. Dinner.

Meals: BLD

Lower in the canyon, the thick forest gives way to steep granite cliffs and the glass-like pools provide a place for play and reflection.

The water conditions ahead make it a good day for inflatable kayaking! You will experience smooth water intermixed with class II+ whitewater. Stop at Painter Mine where we will learn about gold mining in the Salmon River canyon. Lunch and informative session at Buckskin Bill’s homestead. Here, learn about how Buckskin made his living along the river, and visit with Barbra, who has been caretaking and living full-time at the place since 1983.

More river time through afternoon, arrive in camp around 4:30pm.  Dinner. A billion-star show starts at sunset. Do not forget to look up.

Meals: BLD

 Expect another good inflatable kayaking morning with smooth water intermixed with small rapids. Visit Polly Bemis’s homestead, a Chinese immigrant who began her life in Idaho in a mining camp in the late 1800s and moved to the Salmon River in the late 1890s. She lived here until her death in 1933, several of those later years alone.

Lunch shortly afterwards, then the rest of the day spent on the river. Arrive in camp around 4:30pm. Celebrate the last night on the river. There will be lots of she-nanigians to reminisce about over the past few days together. Belly-laughs guaranteed.

Meals: BLD

Enjoy a leisurely morning. Depart camp at 9am. 

Fun morning with three of the largest rapids on the trip, Chittam, Vinegar Creek, Carey Falls. Arrive at Carey Creek take-out boat ramp around 11:30. Transfer by bus to Riggins with a box lunch. Transfer to McCall. Overnight in McCall. Group farewell dinner.

Meals: BLD

8am Ground transfer from McCall to Boise Airport. The drive is about 2 hours. Participants will arrive by 10-10:30am. Plan for flights to depart after 1pm. 

Meals: B