Idaho Adventure News
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Deep mountain snow gets outfitters excited about Idaho whitewater season
Lochsa Falls on the Lochsa River (courtesy Three Rivers Rafting)[/caption] BOISE -- (March 14, 2017) – Mother Nature blessed Idaho with deep snow in the mountains this winter, ranging from 98 percent to 180 percent of normal statewide, setting up an outstanding year for fishing and whitewater boating on Idaho’s world-class rivers. “We’re pretty excited! Things are shaping up to have one of the best seasons in a long time,” said Erik Weiseth with Orange Torpedo river trips, which offers multi-day trips on the Salmon and Owyhee rivers in Idaho. “This is going to be a season for the record books....
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IOGA Lobby Day a big success ... and the Dutch Oven food was tasty too!
The Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association has a long tradition of bird-dogging legislation that comes up each year at the Idaho Statehouse during the legislative session to ensure that IOGA's interests are heard. And then in the evening, IOGA serves up a delicious dinner called, "A Taste of Idaho Outfitting," featuring scrumptious Dutch oven meals prepared by outfitters and guides from throughout the state of Idaho. Hunting outfitter businesses, river businesses, backcountry summer tour businesses, among others, are all represented. This year, IOGA talked to lawmakers about supporting the ...
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Now’s the time to catch a big steelhead in Idaho!
[caption id="attachment_329" align="aligncenter" width="798"] Salmon River steelhead courtesy Mountain River Outfitters[/caption] By Steve Stuebner It’s late fall, and steelhead season is kicking into high gear in Idaho! The fish are moving upstream into the Snake, Salmon and Clearwater rivers as we speak. Now is the time to book a steelhead trip with an fishing outfitter to catch a big one with your friends and family. Late fall also means the IOGA annual meeting is coming up! It’s scheduled for Dec. 13-15 at the Riverside Hotel in Boise, including the super-fun fund-raiser, silent/live au...
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Hunters may break records for elk, deer harvest in Idaho
[caption id="attachment_319" align="aligncenter" width="3200"] Happy elk hunter (courtesy Flying B Ranch)[/caption] By Steve Stuebner Idaho’s outfitters are busy packing gear into the backcountry to get ready for a busy season of deer and elk hunting this fall, one of the busiest seasons in years. Big game hunting in Idaho is coming back with a vengeance this year on the heels of a very good year in 2015, when elk hunters harvested 4,000 more animals than the year before and nearly reached an overall harvest level of 25,000 elk, a milestone that’s only been reached three times in the last 4...
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Expect a stellar floating, fishing season in Idaho this summer
[caption id="attachment_306" align="alignleft" width="3264"] Heather hooks a nice Chinook salmon on the Salmon River (courtesy Mountain River Outfitters)[/caption] By Steve Stuebner Fishing and floating outfitters are hard to catch right now because they're really busy showing their guests a great time fishing for Chinook salmon on the Clearwater and Salmon rivers, or floating rivers all over the state of Idaho. Following a robust winter that brought bountiful powder snow for skiing and snowmobiling, all of that snow is running down the mountains into Idaho's world-class rivers now, transla...
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Deep mountain snow translates to favorable 2015 whitewater season
[caption id="attachment_291" align="aligncenter" width="1733"] Snowpack in the Main Salmon drainage was 94% of normal on Feb. 20 - great news for the 2015 rafting season![/caption] IOGA press release Feb. 20, 2015 BOISE, Idaho -- While parts of the American West are suffering from a lack of snow, Idaho mountain snowpack levels are ranging from 75 to 94 percent of normal in Central Idaho, home of the nationally popular Salmon, Lochsa and Payette rivers. "We look to our neighbors, and we look pretty good," says Ron Abramovich, water supply specialist for the Natural Resources Conservation Serv...
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Americans love to visit Idaho for outdoorsy activities
[caption id="attachment_276" align="alignright" width="620"] Playing in the Sawtooth Mountains in Central Idaho (Courtesy Idaho Statesman)[/caption] By Steve Stuebner American travel and tourism trends show that Idaho is growing in popularity as a primo destination for outdoorsy visitors, and contrary to national trends, people are staying longer on overnight trips to enjoy quality outdoor-adventure activities. Visitors are twice as likely to come to Idaho to engage in outdoor activities, compared to national norms, where folks may travel to go shopping or visit friends and relatives. And ...