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OverviewThe 425-mile Salmon River is one of the longest free-flowing river in the lower 48 states. The river begins at not much more than a trickle at an elevation of about 8,000 feet in the Sawtooth and Whitecloud Mountains of central Idaho. It gathers force as it makes its way northeast and then west, fed by snows from the Sawtooth and Salmon River Mountains in the south and the Clearwater and Bitterroot Mountains in the north.About 150 miles further on its westward course, the Salmon River has carved the second deepest canyon in North America, which effectively splits Idaho in half. The se…
Activities: ACCESSIBLE SWIMMING, BOATING, CAMPING, FISHING, OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, PADDLING