“There is no greater source of joy and meaning in our lives than our relationships with others.” -Esther Perel Ever wish you could slow time down and spend more of it with your partner? Relaunch your relationship with the Gottman Method on Idaho’s Salmon River. Do the two of you need a week with no […]
Need a day (or 4) out? Check out our women’s 4-day Main Salmon lodge retreat! Our incredibly popular Women’s Main Salmon River trip is back, and it’s better than ever! 2022 is your year to join our women’s all-inclusive Main Salmon River adventure. This year we are featuring TWO spirited professionals to add to our […]
Ladies! Make 2024 YOUR year. Join us on Idaho’s Salmon River for an all-inclusive women’s river adventure you’ll never forget.
Corona Virus and Your 2020 River Trip We are weathering this storm, waiting for good news along with all of you. We have come to count so many of you as close friends over the years. We are looking forward to new friendships with those of you we’re hoping to meet this summer. Your safety, and that of our crew and family, […]
We recently took our two young boys on an 8-day Caribbean cruise. I could just leave it at that. Maybe I’m biased, or spoiled because I work in the travel industry, but this recent vacation was one I’ll never forget. And not in a good way. Let’s just say I learned a TON and I’m […]
2021 Main Salmon Lodge-to-Lodge Trips The Ultimate Combination of Adventure & Rustic Luxury! Are you thrilled about the idea of spending five days on a wilderness whitewater adventure, but not so thrilled about the idea of having to camp each night in order to experience that? You won’t want to miss this unique Main Salmon […]
River trips are WAAAYYY more than just whitewater… Have you been thinking about taking a whitewater rafting trip, but are concerned it will be just tons of scary whitewater every day? Or maybe you’ve never even thought about taking a river trip at all…but here’s why you SHOULD! River trips are about so much more […]
The best vacations are all-inclusive. Our river trips on Idaho’s Salmon and Middle Fork Salmon Rivers have it all. As you can see, river trips have something for everyone. There is so much more to enjoy than just floating down the river. You’ll enjoy plenty of “camp time” which includes fishing, games, hikes, delicious, […]
Steelhead fishing is improving in the Salmon area, in spite of the time of year. In many years slush ice is flowing, at least some days, by this time, but yesterday the river was 42 degrees and clear. The volume of the Salmon River at Salmon is about 20% greater than average. Over the years, […]
The Salmon River snowpack is significantly above average the end of March. Reporting stations in the headwaters of the Middle Fork indicate about 150% of average snowpack for this date. This would suggest that there will be higher than average river flows this summer. Not a guarantee–a warm, dry spring could still change things. The […]
2017 marks Aggipah’s 40th year guiding folks through Idaho’s Salmon River country. Along the way, we’ve picked up a story or two. Here’s today’s-it’s a shortie- by Bill Bernt. Going through the old photos the other day I came across this photo of a plane in the river at the bottom of Haystack Rapid on the […]
We were honored to spend a week on the Salmon River in August with Outdoor Idaho’s executive producer Bruce Reichert and cameraman Peter Morrill. They were working on a show for Idaho Public Television called “The Outfitters,” and you can see the finished product here. Be sure to watch the entire 26 minutes, it’s an […]
Yesterday I had a Salmon River half-day float trip near Salmon, a couple with two little girls in the boat. That section of river does not have whitewater, but is a very scenic float along the cliffs near town. The river is still cold, and the family did not want a couple of drenched little […]
We teamed up with Freedom Alliance this past September on the Lower Salmon. This was a special trip for us. For the full article about the trip: https://freedomalliance.org/highlights/scout-snipers-raft-idahos-salmon-river/
I was trying out a new recipe for our river trips earlier this morning, which made me think about a little article my dad, Bill Bernt, owner of Aggipah River Trips, wrote in the 80s about Dutch ovens. He had several articles published in a magazine called Northwest Living. He wrote all sorts of interesting pieces about […]
The Salmon River in the Salmon area is a little off-color, around 20 inches visibility. Nights with freezing temperature are helping the river clear a bit, after the mud and high flow of two weeks ago. River temperature has been reaching low 40s in the afternoon. The Red Bluff boat launch has been cleared of […]
My son-in-law and I took a drive to the Pahsimeroi Valley last month, and spotted this herd of elk in a field. A rough count was 375, cows, calves, and a few spikes. Across the Pahsimeroi river was a small bull herd, about 15 animals, all bulls, from mature to spikes. Forty years ago, I […]
Warm overnight temperatures have started snow melting off the valley floor in the Salmon valley, and the Salmon River has turned tan. Steelhead fishing had been very good through the winter, but until the river clears, fishing is a waste of time. Freezing nights will help, but until the low snow melts, the river is […]
One of our favorite and most talked-about river desserts is cherry crisp. You may make this with any canned fruit. We’ve tried peaches, raspberries and blackberries(separately) and they are great, too. Our desserts have evolved over the decades, though many of our river recipes have been in use for over 35 years now. Back in the […]
I hope this picture tells you a thousand words: My son is quite a character. He’s a VERY BUSY three-year-old, and great user of his mom’s extra time. If I am sporadic in posting here, you now know why. But anyway, let’s get back to the Middle Fork. I believe we were just finishing lunch […]
