Main Salmon River - July 2023

Tour West trip on the Main Salmon River. July 2023. Lots of sun, smoke, fun, and, of course, bacon.

[@tourwest2280]

great video!

[@Strayfoto]

Thanks you guys! For everything! For SO. MANY. THINGS. You guys are the best.

[@brianmorrison9889]

Where are you located at in salmon 😊

[@quinnhall2041]

Tour West (the outfitter) is based in Utah but we run the Main Salmon, Cataract Canyon, and the Grand Canyon.

[@mausermike9188]

I floated down about a week before the fire. Best time I have had in 30 years!!!

[@Strayfoto]

I do love the Salmon. Such a unique trip and a dramatic change from the desert canyons I usually run.

[@johnphillips3526]

Do you plan and guide these trips?

[@Strayfoto]

Guide? Yes. Plan? To some degree. As guides we plan the food and schedule the camps and whatnot, but we're not around for the office/overhead/booking. Typically folks call and book, and I get stuffed onto whichever trips I can fit in during the summer. This one was slightly different (and, frankly, pretty rare) in that the other guides and I took our own families. We all still paid for our kids to come along, but it was pretty casual in that we all knew each other.

[@johnphillips3526]

@@Strayfoto my brothers want to do a “brothers trip” down a river. You wanna guide us?

[@Strayfoto]

@@johnphillips3526 Sure - although I really only work on Cataract Canyon and the Main Salmon. Tour West does the Grand Canyon too, but I don't get down there very often. For those 2 trips you're looking at 4 or 5 days for Cataract, and 6 days for the Main Salmon. If you want something shorter, I can recommend some other outfitters or trips.

[@johnphillips3526]

@@Strayfoto I’ll have to see what they want and go from there. How is best to get ahold of you? It would also be cool to catch up.

[@Strayfoto]

@@johnphillips3526 Reach out here or DM me on Instagram. I'm not super active on social media, but we'll connect one way or another.