Whitewater Rafting
Specialty Trips- Snake River Jazz , Salmon River Canyon Jazz, Graduation
Specials, Late Summer "Blue Ribbon" Fly Fishing, Backpack/Float
Combination, Fall Sportsman Specials, and Hells Canyon Geology
 These trips are "cool" because they
highlight special events, special trip focus, or simply an activity that we
"outfit & guide" rarely. If you have an idea for a "cool" trip let us know
your idea. We'll work with you to make it a reality!
Graduation "End
of School Year" Specials Snake River through Hells Canyon
May 30-June 1 (3 Days/2 Nights)
$820/adult & $750/kid-teen-college kid
Great way
to celebrate high school and college graduations with family & friends.
Other May & June dates available on request.
 Late
Summer Middle Fork "Blue Ribbon" Fly Fishing
August 25-29, September 2-6,
September 10-14, September 18-22. (5 Days/4 Nights)
$1495/person (regular raft rates) $1950/person (fishing boat
with 2 fishermen/boat & guide)
Enjoy the wild & scenic Middle Fork during Idaho's Indian
Summer. Fly fish for wild, westslope cutthroat trout in gin clear water.
Regulations are "catch & release". For full details check out the "site
map" and click on "Fly Fishing on the Middle Fork".
 Snake
River & Jazz Affiliated with the Gene Harris Jazz Festival
July 17-20, 2008 (4 Days/3 Nights)
$1230/adult, $1107.00/youth
Brad Peters and Chuck Smith will be
two of the musicians traveling with us. Brad teaches at Boise State
University and heads up the Gene Harris Jazz Festival. Brad has
performed with Orchestras throughout the northwest including the
San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, The San Diego Symphony
and Sacramento Symphony. He has worked with Arturo Sandoval, Dave
Brubeck, Ernie Watts, Lew Soloff, Diane Shure and the Glen Miller
Band. He has toured national and internationally including concerts
in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Taiwan most recently a performance
in Prague this last August.
Chuck Smith is active throughout the
Northwest as both a jazz pianist and a music educator. As a pianist,
he has appeared with numerous distinguished artists, including performances
with drummer Eric Gravatt, a founding member of the jazz group,
Weather Report. He was a contract pianist with Ben Arden and the
Carlton Celebrity Room in Edina, MN, and accompanied well-known
celebrities such as Johnny Mathis, the Mills Brothers, Gladys Knight,
Dionne Warwick, Bernadette Peters, Loretta Lynn, Rich Little and
Bob Hope. Smith toured as pianist and musical director for Paul
Anka for eight years, performing in the United States, Europe, South
America and Asia. He conducted for Anka at many notable functions,
including appearances at the Reagan White House and for the Atlanta
Symphony.
Salmon River Canyon
Jazz Trip featuring David Mendenhall, Chuck Smith & Dave Foley
July
29-August 2, 2008 (5 Days/4 Nights)
$1415/adult; $1273.50/youth
Dave Mendenhall has spent the last
30 years teaching band in Apple Valley, MN and as a working musician
in the Minneapolis music scene. His jazz ensembles and bands have
played at festivals, and conventions earning outstanding recognition
by educators and clinicians alike. Many of his original band methods
are in process for pubication. He has also served as an assignment
developer for SmartMusic, a music software company. As a bass player,
Dave has played in the corporate and jazz scene along side national
and local musicians. As a trumpet player and conductor, Dave has
been primarily involved with developing major holiday concerts through
Hosanna! Lutheran Church, a 6,000 member congragation in Lakeville,
MN.
Chuck Smith will be joining us for
both jazz trips! His bio is listed above. Rounding out our trio
of muscians will be Dave Foley. Dave began playing trumpet professionally
after high school and won a national audition to play in "The
College Band" in Disneyland California, which performed in
the park behind some of the country's top players. After acquiring
degrees in both music education and jazz studies, Dave taught in
public schools around the Minneapolis area, directing bands as well
as jazz bands for five years. By the mid '90's, he began pursuing
a career in computer graphics, and also began studying the saxophone.
Dave is now performing on both horns in various jazz and rock groups
around he Twin Cities. He also performs on a wind-synthesizer of
his own design called the "Foleyphone", on which he has
recorded an album and performed as a guest soloist at various schools
and colleges.
Backpack/Float
Combination "Seven Devils Mountains, Hells Canyon Wilderness, Snake River"
July-September dates (6 Days/5 Nights)
$1675/person
Groups of 6 hikers & 2 guides. Trips begin two days prior to
our regularly scheduled Snake River launch dates. From trailhead
at Windy Saddle to the Snake River, the hike emcompasses virtually
every climatic zone in North America: high mountain lakes, alpine
meadows, towering peaks, and views into America's deepest canyon.
The route begins at Windy Saddle, and continues to Telephone Saddle,
Hibbs Cow Camp, Bernard Lakes, & Dry Diggins. 3 Trail Days in
the Seven Devils Mountains and Hells Canyon Wilderness combined
with 3 Days on the National Wild & Scenic Snake River in Hells
Canyon. Check with our office for details.
Our Snake River trip was also ranked
19th in National Geographic Adventure's America's Best: The
Adventure 100 - to read this article, click here.
 Fall
Sportsman Specials Snake River/Hells Canyon & Salmon River Canyon
2 guests/boat & guide, plus a gear
boatman and large custom designed gear pontoon. Drift boats on Salmon
and Scenic Snake River. Rafts on the Wild Snake River. Fishing for
smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, steelhead (ocean run rainbow trout),
and white sturgeon. And, bird hunting for Chukar (red legged) partridge.
Groups of 8 can arrange dates of your choice.
4 Days/3 Nights @$1550/person
5 Days/4 Nights @ $1895/person
Hells Canyon Geology
Trip with Tracy Vallier
2008 and/or 2009 dates to be determined
(4 Days/3 Nights)
$1230/adult & $1107.00/youth
Travel with Hells Canyon geologist, Tracy Vallier. (B.S., Iowa State
University, Ph.D., Oregon State University). Tracy has worked in
the canyon for more than four decades. He is author of Islands &
Rapids "A Geologic Story of Hells Canyon", and was scientific advisor
for the video "Exotic Terrane". Hells Canyon is the deepest major
river canyon in the conterminous U.S. The Snake River in Hells Canyon
lies nearly 8,000 feet below He Devil, a mountain that rises to
an elevation over 9,300 feet just six miles to the east. For those
interested, Tracy will discuss the stratigraphy, structure, and
petrology of the rocks that formed in an island arc, very similar
to the Aleutians, Marianas, and Tonga. The rocks were subsequently
attached to ancient N. America. Rocks range in age from about 300
million to 15 million years ago. Younger erosional and depositional
features relating to the Bonneville Flood (about 14,500 years ago),
landslides, and alluvial fans will be investigated on the trip.
Tracy also has interesting Hells Canyon stories about wild animal
and human encounters that he will share in the evenings.
We hope to arrange a 2008 or 2009 trip
with Tracy. Our 2007 trip was a resounding success. Stay tuned!
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