Stand Up Paddleboarding Hells Canyon and the Lower Salmon River (Part 1 of 2)

Camille Swan stand up paddleboarding through Wild Sheep Rapid in Hells Canyon.

On August 3rd, 2019, eleven friends and I launched on a multi-day, multi-river trip in Idaho. We spent two nights on the Snake River through Hells Canyon, then shuttled everything over "the hump" to the lower section of the Salmon River for four nights (trip report here). This was a trip that was planned over six months ahead of time, and it was worth every drop of blood, sweat, and tears that I shed to make it happen.

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