Jarbidge

When we put in it was 180 cfs at the Jarbidge gauge. We did 2 nights above the confluence which was plenty of time, and 2 nights below (and could have easily added another night or 2). The first campsite was 7 or so miles down, and the rest of the river has small to medium sized campsites relatively regularly. The river is continuous, with all of the bigger rapids being easily boat scoutable from a small craft (it would be tight but definitely doable for rafts at these flows). The two portages can be easily identified by large rock slides coming off of the hill from the right. The first portage (of Barker Falls aka Grey Skull) is done on river right at river level. The rocks are big and chunky but the distance is short. Portage Jarbidge Falls on river left, there is a trail visible. The portage becomes significantly easier if you paddle down through a couple rocks to the first significant horizon line and catch the eddy on the left (easy catch and 2-3 kayak sized at our flow). Walk on the trail around the rapid and put back in to run the bottom of the rapid! We took out at 816cfs on the Bruneau hotsprings gauge. These canyons are remote, gorgeous, and a real treat. We used Barker expeditions for our shuttle. The canyon can be quite chilly since the sun comes late and leaves early, and the water (snowmelt) can be chilly. The run could easily hold more water than the flows we had, and be run a bit lower too (although this would start getting challenging in a raft).