Salmon

Salmon River Whitewater Maps by the Salmon River Resoration Council.

A quick Butler run after a day of snow.

Various maps of the Salmon River

Locals crew on Butler Run on a sunny January afternoon. We were delayed by a no-show member of the crew and could've gotten on a couple hours earlier when there would've been more direct sunlight in the canyon. After the parade of storms, sun sounded nice, but truth is there is never a time when this entire canyon is shade-free in the heart of winter.

The river was on a long, slow drop from its higher levels resulting from the early January atmospheric river rain storms. For all the hype in the news, in this part of California the storms were just typical of a good old-fashioned wet winter. With plenty of time for the river to green up as it dropped, the Salmon was in its gorgeous translucent green phase that it gets mid-winter.

A few GoPro shots from an afternoon Butler run on a gorgeous day. Typical Salmon River!

A few of Scott Harding's images from a helicopter-based aerial photo shoot in mid-June 2005, taken during a Young Guns Productions video shoot on the Salmon River. Young Guns morphed into River Roots, one of the premier video production outfits focused on outdoor adventure.