Snowpack in the Salmon River in early February is right at above average, while total precipitation for the water year (begining 1 October) is well above average--reflecting warm weather through the fall. High elevation reporting stations are above average snowpack, low elevation stations are below normal. Assuming the current snowpack continues, and we have normal spring rains, we should have pretty high water at the beginning of June, moderating by late June, and be able to do complete Middle Fork trips without flying to Indian Creek through July.

Fall snowfall is important to river flows the following summer. The fall snow seems to pack down, freeze hard, and last better. Late winter snow may bring the snowpack average up, but it doesn’t seem to last--at least, that’s my notion formed over the last 35 years. The above-average precipitation, even if it doesn’t add to the snow pack, does build the ground water, and helps next year’s river level.

From late February, when the ice breaks up, through early April we will be fishing for steelhead near Salmon. Fishermen stay in a local motel, and we are back in town by suppertime. We fish from a drift boat, two fishermen per boat, small heater, lunch, and basic tackle furnished. Give me a call to check on current fishing conditions.

James Ellsworth
Middle Fork River Expeditions
800-801-5146
www.idahorivers.com

मिद्दले फोर्क रिवर एक्स्पेदिशन्स

Snow, and lots of it, has been piling up across the west. Prodigious amounts have accumulated in regions around the Middle Fork, Main Salmon, and Rogue rivers. All that snow bodes well for the 2008 rafting season and we're hoping you can join us. You'll have a wonderful vacation, no passport is needed and the dollar is still strong and worth a full buck on our trips. Call us to reserve a date.

Middle Fork River Expeditions

800-801-5146

Snow Levels For Middle Fork Salmon above average

The snow is falling in Idaho and this means a great water levels this summer for some incredible rafting.

Come out and join us! Visit the website below.

Warmly-

James Ellsworth

Middle Fork River Expeditions
Tel: 800-801-5146
Web: www.idahorivers.com
E-mail: middlefork@idahorivers.com
PO Box 73, Stanley, ID 83278

Middle Fork of the Salmon River

Water Levels are looking good for the summer of 2008

In School? What are you doing after Graduation?
Work eh? Before you rush off and start the grind, grab your buddies and take an adventure of a lifetime!
When your folks congratulate you on finishing up, tell them without hesitation “A Great Graduation Gift would be to raft the Largest Wilderness Area in the US with my friends”.

The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho is the premier wilderness rafting trip in the US. It flows 100 miles of Wild and Scenic free-flowing river through a canyon that is deeper than the Grand Canyon. The Middle Fork of the Salmon is unspoiled, remote and roadless so you can be sure you will “get away from it all”. Simply put, it is the best river run in the West! Middle Fork River Expeditions, licensed and bonded outfitter, has run safe and well-managed river trips on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho for nearly 30 years.

Join Middle Fork River Expeditions for a magical wilderness river vacation.

Join us for the adventure of your life! 

Middle Fork River Expeditions
www.idahorivers.com
800-801-5146