This video documents our 6 day trip down the wild and scenic Selway River in northern Idaho. We launched at 2.7 feet at Paradise and took out at 2.2 feet at Race Creek.
Beautiful video on a beautiful river. Nice job of maneuvering and filming. Would have loved to been with. I will watch more of your videos as you have many. Thanks for sharing.
Our group won 4 tickets in 7 years..... blind luck. Regarding scouting, the first two days you can read and run, but Ham is worth a look. We would camp at Moose Creek and do a layover day there. You can hike down the trail and scout all of the "biggies" from Double Drop to Little Niagra. We used to do 7 days trips and have a second layover above Wolf Creek in order to scout it. Wonderful video.... brought back many many memories.
We have a permit for August 3. Watching this video has me stoked! I’m going to have to let my desolation Canyon permit go to waste, but I’ve never done this away before.
Ah man, having to make decisions on which permit to drop are good problems to have! I've never done Desolation Canyon, though I apply every year, the Selway is definitely a golden ticket, you made the right choice.
Great video!! Such fun to watch, given that we were exactly 24 hours in front of you. We launched on July 6, 2020. It's really cool to see footage of the exact water levels we had. Admittedly, none of us took many photos or video at all. Thanks for posting!!
I ran the Selway with ARTA back in 2010 on a 6-day trip with a layover day at Moose Creek. Truly one of the most beautiful and awesome river experiences I have ever had, and I have had a LOT. This is among the best commercially run multi-day river trips in Idaho. Better than any of the commercially run Salmon River trips (including the Middle Fork). Better than Hells Canyon. I have not yet run the Jarbidge-Bruneau, so I cannot compare with that one. One other point: Everyone seems to say that Ladle is the toughest rapid on the Selway and that may be true, but I thought that Wolf Creek was the funnest!!
We're doing a 1 day raft trip in June and I'm a little nervous. Been down the lower canyon of the Salmon, Cabarton and the south fork of the Payette portaging around Big Falls. This river makes all of them look pretty tame in comparison.
I would not say the Selway is any tougher than the SF Payette. Actually I think that the Lochsa is tougher than either. But of course, unlike with the SF Payette or the Lochsa, on the upper Selway you are in the wilderness, which means it is a LOT tougher to get help in the event of a mishap.
We were fortunate to have great weather. The water was very cold, especially when rowing a cataraft with an open floor where lots of waves are hitting you in the chest. We did have a paddler in an IK who was wearing a wetsuit and he did just fine.
