Snake River

[outdoorhighadventure]

Me and some friends went river rafting down the Snake River last summer. It was a great adventure! Even though pretty much everyone rides this river, it is still fun and adventurous. We hit Big Kahuna at the right spot at the right water level and it through our guide to the front of our raft and she lost her ores. WE got them attached just in time as we hit the Lunch Counter. We also had a fun experience at Six Ordeals, if anyone knows this rapid.

[basecamp]

Never been to the snake river.
seems you and your friends had a lot of fun their.
I would love to be their this summer vacation with my wife.
Looks a great adventure to me !

[freedom]

Wow sounds so exciting. Would love to try it one day. Must have been pretty fast for the guide to lose her ores lol. How embarassing but I guess what could you do after all its so fast

[shaan]

Snake River Canyon is a large canyon formed by the Snake River in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho.

[steven]

The Snake River is a major tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The river's length is 1,040 miles (1,670 km), its watershed drains 108,000 square miles (280,000 km2), and the average discharge at its mouth is 56,900 cubic feet per second (1,610 m3/s). The river flows from its source in Yellowstone National Park through a series of mountain ranges, canyons, and plains.

[richy]

Snake River Adventures offers a myriad of exciting and fabulous adventures on the Snake River, the Salmon River, and also the Clearwater River. Excursions such as Hells Canyon Jet Boat Tours, whitewater rafting, guided fishing trips, guided hunting trips, and overnight excursions at our two lodges, Kirby Creek Lodge, and Sheep Creek Ranch.

[anand]

Snake River's drainage basin includes a diversity of landscapes. Its upper reaches lie in the Rocky Mountains. In central Idaho the river flows through the broad Snake River Plain. Along the Idaho-Oregon border the river flows through Hells Canyon, part of a larger physiographic region called the Columbia River Plateau, through which the Snake River flows through Washington to its confluence with the Columbia River. Parts of the river's basin lie within the Basin and Range province, though it is itself a physiographic section of the Columbia Plateau province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.

[Grandpa]

The Snake River near it's source. Yellowstone NP Sept 2010

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Snake River at Lewiston just before merging with the Clearwater

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[ppine]

I camped in Hell's Cyn this last May with some friends from ID. I forget the reservoir we were on, but it had a lot of current this year with the high water, and I got a chance to run the power boat through standing waves. It was intimidating at first especially running past bridge abutments, but with some practice in both directions it became second nature. Upstream I ran about 3,200 rpms, downstream only about 1,800 rpms, just enough to maintain steerage. Paddling and rowing experience translated directly into reading the water with a power boat. It was a lot of fun.

Please note- boats are rowed with oars and paddled with paddles.

[WildRover]

Wow, hard to believe that that's the same body of water. Even more amazing when you consider that this is also the same river that gives us Shoshone Falls. LOVE IT!