Come With Us... On The 'River of No Return'
We'll spend a week rafting down the Salmon River, through one of the deepest canyons in America. No telephones, no traffic. We'll float through pools so quiet you can only hear the canyon wrens...and we'll run some of the biggest whitewater in the northwest. We'll pick apples where Jim Moore made moonshine during the last gold rush. We'll camp on sandbars and watch bighorn sheep come down to drink. We’ll watch a trout rise to the fly. In the evening we'll have a drink while the fire burns down just right for steaks, while biscuits bake in the Dutch oven. We'll watch the campfire die beneath the pines and listen to the "River of No Return".
Whitewater Rafting and Fly Fishing
Aggipah River Trips outfits wilderness whitewater rafting and fishing trips on the three roadless sections of Idaho's Salmon River--the Middle Fork, Main, and Lower Salmon-- throughout the year. During the summer, most trips are three to six days, camping on the riverbank in the River of No Return Wilderness Area. Non-whitewater day or half-day scenic trips are available near Salmon from April to October. In the fall and early spring we offer one to five day steelhead fishing trips, using McKenzie River drift boats.
Be sure to check out our Special Trips Section.
Three Whitewater Rafting Areas
Middle Fork of the Salmon, Main Salmon, or Lower Salmon River
Every whitewater river has its own characteristics and personality. The "best" river is the one that matches your interests. We provide trips on all three roadless sections of Idaho's Salmon River--the Middle Fork, the Main Salmon, and the Lower Salmon. By doing trips on the different sections of the river and throughout the seasons, we can offer a variety of trip styles while remaining on a river we know well. We have the equipment and skills for your trip (see testimonials).
Fly Fishing for trout; Steelhead fishing:
The Middle Fork provides good dry-fly trout fishing, especially from McKenzie River drift boats. In the fall and early spring, we fish for steelhead from drift boats on the Main and Lower Salmon, both multi-day back-country trips and day trips near Salmon.
About Us
Aggipah River Trips is a small, family owned and operated Salmon River outfitter based in Salmon, Idaho, for over 30 years. We feel it is better to stay on one river, and know it well, than to extend out into numerous areas. Still, with the change of seasons and different sections of river, we can offer a variety of trips--from rip-roaring whitewater to mellow family floats to drift boat fly fishing to sportsman's cast-and-blast to day steelhead fishing.
Natural and cultural history of the area is a strong feature of Aggipah trips. Bill has worked on the Salmon since 1970, holds an M.S. in wildlife biology, has a strong interest in regional history, is involved in local wilderness management issues, served a dozen years on the outfitters license board for the State of Idaho. Peg has taught biology in the Salmon high school for over 30 years, and has handled a boat for longer than that. Stephanie grew up in the river business, has been running a boat for ten years, recently completed a history degree. Boatmen are selected for local knowledge; most live in the Salmon Valley. High-volume, big-business tour operators we are not.
