What’s the season like on your home river? by Devon Barker | Oct 7, 2012 | Whitewater | 8 comments I live, work, and surf near the Salmon River in Riggins, Idaho (elev. 1821 feet). This makes it my home river. I wanted to share our season and ask others about their home rivers. How many months can you boat, what is the average air temperature, how many sunny days, & what type of boating is your home run? Feel free to add anything additional that makes your home river unique. I hope to hear from a lot of you and hope to boat on your home river! I’d love to have you come join me on my home river too! Salmon River is free flowing and has runnable flows year round but has 9 months of comfortable boating. Sometimes in the winter it will freeze over. Average air temperature by month- March 57 April 66 May 74 June 82 July 92 Aug. 92 Sept. 82 Oct. 68 Nov. 51 Sunny Days: 171 We have 12 different surf waves that are park and play depending on the level. There is almost a wave at every level. In addition, the town stretch is a Class III pool and drop run. Uniqueness… You can fish, hunt, and surf all from the same free campsite along the river. The Salmon is completely contained within the sate of Idaho. 8 Comments Devon Barker on October 9, 2012 at 12:40 am Write back here and tell me what your home river is like. I look forward to hearing about your neck of the woods. 🙂 Reply Mallory on October 9, 2012 at 12:57 am My home river is the Lehigh right in northeast PA. It is where i guide and play. Guiding last from april to oct and we are on there in feb depending on the weather and as late as nov or dec again weather dependent.I’ve only been Kayaking about 3 years and the Lehigh has helped me all the way. Very beginner friendly but easily made harder. For most of the river you feel like you are in the wild. There are several play waves and one where you can park and play. I love coming back to my home river after going to others out of my comfort zone. Reply Tom on October 9, 2012 at 1:33 am Unfortunately, our home runs have been stricken with the worst drought on record. We have spent our paddling time in North Carolina. It may take 12 hrs to get there, but it is well worth it. Here’s to a wet 2013. (Please!) Reply Chris on October 9, 2012 at 2:51 am Our home river was REALLY low this spring, but during the wet months its pretty consistent id say. In the summer its pretty low but comes up occasionally after a good summer t-storm. Its lots of flat water but with a few decent class 1 and 2 rapids and a couple decent park n play spots. The Ocoee is a consistent dam release class III+ river that is only a 2 1/2 hour drive so we go there allot during the summer. Id love to come up to Idaho and paddle sometime 🙂 Reply Danny Gray on October 10, 2012 at 1:35 am The Lower Mountain Fork River is SE Oklahoma is beautiful this time of the year with the fall foliage, especially the beautiful Cypress trees changing colors. Always plenty of water to float this river year around. Reply Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:57 pm Danny, I’ve never been to Oklahoma. Glad to hear you have some boating. I’ll have to put it on my list. Reply Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:58 pm Tom and Chris, We would love to have you come out to Idaho to paddle. Contact me if you can come and I’ll make sure you get one some great rivers. Here’s to a wet and snowy winter. Reply Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:59 pm Hi Mallory, It sounds like a great river with a nice long season. That sure is a plus when you want to kayak as much as possible. Enjoy the fall. Reply Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
Devon Barker on October 9, 2012 at 12:40 am Write back here and tell me what your home river is like. I look forward to hearing about your neck of the woods. 🙂 Reply
Mallory on October 9, 2012 at 12:57 am My home river is the Lehigh right in northeast PA. It is where i guide and play. Guiding last from april to oct and we are on there in feb depending on the weather and as late as nov or dec again weather dependent.I’ve only been Kayaking about 3 years and the Lehigh has helped me all the way. Very beginner friendly but easily made harder. For most of the river you feel like you are in the wild. There are several play waves and one where you can park and play. I love coming back to my home river after going to others out of my comfort zone. Reply
Tom on October 9, 2012 at 1:33 am Unfortunately, our home runs have been stricken with the worst drought on record. We have spent our paddling time in North Carolina. It may take 12 hrs to get there, but it is well worth it. Here’s to a wet 2013. (Please!) Reply
Chris on October 9, 2012 at 2:51 am Our home river was REALLY low this spring, but during the wet months its pretty consistent id say. In the summer its pretty low but comes up occasionally after a good summer t-storm. Its lots of flat water but with a few decent class 1 and 2 rapids and a couple decent park n play spots. The Ocoee is a consistent dam release class III+ river that is only a 2 1/2 hour drive so we go there allot during the summer. Id love to come up to Idaho and paddle sometime 🙂 Reply
Danny Gray on October 10, 2012 at 1:35 am The Lower Mountain Fork River is SE Oklahoma is beautiful this time of the year with the fall foliage, especially the beautiful Cypress trees changing colors. Always plenty of water to float this river year around. Reply
Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:57 pm Danny, I’ve never been to Oklahoma. Glad to hear you have some boating. I’ll have to put it on my list. Reply
Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:58 pm Tom and Chris, We would love to have you come out to Idaho to paddle. Contact me if you can come and I’ll make sure you get one some great rivers. Here’s to a wet and snowy winter. Reply
Devon Barker on October 14, 2012 at 6:59 pm Hi Mallory, It sounds like a great river with a nice long season. That sure is a plus when you want to kayak as much as possible. Enjoy the fall. Reply
