The eclectic MFRE family prior to our early season lap down the Middle Fork! We love taking people down the Salmon, join us in 2020!

Why guide? ✨
These photos depict a fairly honest day in the life of a river guide.
Mornings that start in the pitch black, accompanied by head lamps and the gradual scent of crispy bacon and fresh coffee.
I often lick my front teeth while opening my eyes after five days of the 9-5 river grind and sand crunches between my teeth and tongue. ✨
Followed by yoga and boat-rigging, morning push off is typically a chaos-filled launch at 10am under direct sunlight. Many hours each morning are spent story telling, laughing, scouting rapids and stopping for hikes and pictographs. We spend our afternoons deep in play, grateful and excited to be at camp. In the heat of July we don’t eat until 8pm and we spend our camp time playing games, chatting, dancing and singing around the fire, cooking steaks and portobellos, and debriefing long days in the Frank Church Wilderness.
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I guide for the feeling I get when I watch fellow guide and dear friend, Sadie Anne stomp her boots around hot coals and swing dance people into the sunset all the same breath. ✨
I guide for the ability to not only indulge in my own love for the river, but for the ability to share that love…to share knowledge and history of a protected wilderness area with hundreds of people from around the country. ✨
I guide for the adrenaline I get every time I drop into whitewater with 12 kids screaming on the front of my boat. ✨
I guide for the stories I get to tell and the stories I get to hear. ✨
I guide because I get to be celebrated for being silly. ✨
I guide because I get to make mistakes and learn from and with the people around me. ✨
I guide because the look in a once-stranger’s eyes after after a week on the river is what life is all about. ✨
Join the MFRE familia this summer, we know how to have fun!

This season we launched on the Main and Middle Fork with an awesome group during the first week of June. With tunes by the fire, lots of women on the oars, a visit from the family dory, and successful lines, we made it down in 7 days! With whitewater and music on our hearts and minds, we are excited to be weeks into our season. This summer we have a number of music trips that we are looking forward to. Please stay tuned for blogs as those trips go by. Sending love from our Stanley ware-home!

Few people have as much soul, volume, and joy in their voice than @keithgreeninger. Anyone that knows him can attest to his character AND how fun it is to be on the river with him! Please join us in welcoming him on the Middle Fork of the Salmon this summer August 16th-21st or the Aug 22-27 Main Stem of the Salmon River. He brings it!!! There is space left on this trip, register at Idahorivers.com! #mfre #middlefork#salmonriver

Joe & Hattie Craven (members of @joecravenandthesometimers ) are facilitating a music trip with MFRE this summer!
When: August 14-August 19th!
For 6 days on the Main salmon, you will get to experience the magic of Joe and Hattie (father/daughter duo) in a family and friends songwriting and music-curation trip! We will raft, eat and hike our way down the Main with some of our dearest friends and there are more than 12 spots left!
Book with us at https://www.idahorivers.com/dates-and-prices/ and spread the word to folks who may be interested! These two radiate positivity and anyone who joins us for this will be thrilled they came! 🙂

Dog Friendly River Trip on the Main Stem of the Salmon River in Idaho are happening this summer in honor of the Year of the Dog in the Chinese New Years Calendar.   The Sept 7-12 departure is open to 6 lucky dogs and their human families.  All dog must be well behaved and have a pre-trip screening.  If the dog is deemed too aggressive or not getting along with the other dogs then the dog and the family will be asked to leave the trip on the morning of Sept 8 and take a jet-boat upstream to the put-in point.  This cost will be on the owner of the dog and the river trip fee is non-refundable.  So please be sure that your dog is ready for this trip!  We of course hope this does not happen and will do whatever we can to make sure we don’t get aggressive or poorly behaved dogs on trips.  The dog interview process will be done on Skype or a  Zoom meeting to try and prevent any aggressive or non-friendly dogs from participating.  Ultimately, it is up to the owner to know whether or not their dog gets along with human beings and other fury friends.  All participants must bring the following for their dog.

1. One long leash on one short (approximately 20 feet and 4 feet)
2. Dog life jacket
3. Dog food in waterproof container or dry bag and food bowl
4. Sleeping pad
5. treats!

Woof and we hope to see you on this first ever dog friendly departure!

Year of the River Dog

Musicians Moors and McCumber Play on the Sept 1-6, 2018 Middle Fork of the Salmon River trip this summer!  Please join them and all the musical fun imaginable on this amazing trip!

Video

Check out the video above and we hope to see you on this departure.  There are only 6 spaces open so please call soon if you want to attend this amazing musical mystery tour!

We are so lucky to have Musicians Joe Craven and Keith Greeninger join MFRE this summer!  The trip date is Aug 16-21 and it is sure to be an amazing trip with these two musical wizards.  They are joining for some amazing music on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.  This trip is just announced and is going to fill up fast, so give us a call and we can hold the space for you.  We hope to see you on this magical mystery tour this summer!

Middle Fork River Expeditions (MFRE) partners with Holiday River Expeditions (HRE) to be their exclusive Idaho Affiliate, offering river trips on the Middle Fork and Main Salmon Rivers.

Here is a link to the HRE Blog.   

It is an honor to work with Holiday River Expeditions.  I worked with HRE from 1993 to 1998.  And once a Holiday boatman it’s part of your DNA.