Day 1 Depart Tarkio River Base at 7:00 am and drive to the Corn Creek put-in. Load personal dry-bags onto rafts and eat lunch. Break into paddling groups after lunch and begin you journey down the Main Salmon. Paddle six to eight miles and run Killum and Gunbarrel rapids. Take a short side hike to see pictographs and camp at Legend Creek.

Day 2 8:00 Optional yoga class, breakfast, morning instructional talk, divide into groups and launch around 10:30 am. Paddle 10-12 miles and enjoy Rainer, Lantz, and Devil's Teeth Rapids. Work on skills and tune up your roll. Check-out nesting Golden Eagles at Little Squaw Creek. Camp at Chukar Beach.

Day 3 Yoga, breakfast, chalk talk, and 11:00 launch. Enter the ‘Black Canyon’, a beautiful area of exposed granite cliffs on the Idaho Batholith. Great waves abound! Work on your surfing skills! Rapids: Salmon Falls, Hancock, Sabe Creek. Stop for a soak in Barth Hot Springs. Camp at Magpie Creek.

Day 4 Spend another half-day in the amazing 'Black Canyon'. More time is spent working out the subtle techniques of wave surfing, stern squirts, and hole riding. Take a beautiful side hike up Elk Creek. Camp on the sandy beach at Ludwig Bar.

Day 5 Continue to work on paddling techniques based on your individual needs. Opportunities abound for stroke work, roll tune-ups, and hand roll practice. Rapids: Bailey's, Five Mile, Split Rock, Big Mallard, Elkhorn, Growler. A big whitewater day!! Camp and evening festivities at Rhett Creek.

Day 6 A day to put some river miles under your belt. Enjoy the paddle amidst the beautiful scenery of the Gospel Hump Wilderness. Rapids: Ludwig, Jackson Bar, Five Mile, Boise Bar. Camp at Basin Creek.

Day 7 Leave camp early and paddle to the take-out at Carey Creek. Take-out in the early afternoon and relax on the drive back to Missoula. Head back to the Tarkio River Base in Missoula where we will enjoy a group dinner and celebrate a wonderful trip on the Salmon!