SELWAY RIVER - LOW WATER

Benjamin, Aspen, and I (Autumn) took our 11 foot raft and all the gear we needed down the Selway River during low water. This was my 1st time rafting the Selway and Benji's 3rd time down the Selway. Hope you enjoy following along on our 4 days through the Selway-Bitterroot WILDerness.

[@rockynelson1365]

Awesome trip

[@michaelfye6521]

That’s my girl!, son in law and grand doggie!!! So proud of ya living the dream

[@matthowarth4498]

Your son in law should always wear his life jacket! I an sure he doesn't want to make your girl a widow!

[@theseanr11]

What date did y'all launch? We launched at Paradise on Aug 5th. It was 0.4" at the Paradise gauge. The second day, there was an earthquake-driven mudslide upriver and the river turned to a silt so thick you couldn't see your paddle blade in the water. We were in OC-1s and IKs.

[@BoatsandGoats208]

Shearer on the 3rd. Our last night there were some pretty good storms and lots of rain but the mudslide hadn’t made it to us for our last few miles out. Our drive out, we saw something also blew out just above Selway Falls. The Middle Fork and Main Salmon had some pretty good blow outs that same night.

[@chrisnolin7103]

That's Aug 3rd? What a great trip. Would you say any of those rapids, at that water level, were real Class IV, or are they less at low water? What was the toughest rapid?

[@chrisnolin7103]

Oh also, was a permit needed at that time of year?

[@todddaugherty110]

@@chrisnolin7103 Permits are required from May 15 to July 31