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February 28, 2017

Selway River Rafting Trip in Mountain Outlaw Magazine

“We’re deep in the Bitterroot Mountains, on day two of a six-day float down Idaho’s Selway River, one of the crown jewels of North American boating. The 47-mile trip is held in similar regard to the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon.”

Check out this great article on ExploreBigSky.com, and go river rafting on the Selway with SOAR Northwest. The story details a superb overview on what it’s like to go on a week long guided river rafting trip. From the pristine Bitterroot Wilderness to whitewater rafting through fun rapids, to fishing for trout, to the diligent and hardworking rafting guides, this article covers it all.

The ascending, flutelike song of a Swainson’s thrush fills the air as our boats silently glide between hulking granite boulders. Sunlight filters through the verdant fans of Western red cedar boughs above us as our four rafts drop into “Goat Creek” rapid.

We’re deep in the Bitterroot Mountains, on day two of a six-day float down Idaho’s Selway River, one of the crown jewels of North American boating. The 47-mile trip is held in similar regard to the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon.

We launched in early July, at a put-in aptly named Paradise where White Cap Creek joins the Selway. One is immediately struck by the water clarity: Nearly every rock passing beneath the boat appears in sharp focus.

The lead guide and owner of SOAR Northwest, 40-year-old Ari Kotler, told us the water is so pure he drinks it straight from the river.

This story was originally published in: Mountain Outlaw Magazine

Filed Under: Blog, Selway River

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