Archive for October, 2011

If you visit Stanley, Idaho during the summer at some point you will likely get the chance to see a large raft known to many as a “sweep boat” roll through town. The boats are used by commercial outfitters that run multi-day rafting and fishing trips down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Outfitters [...]

Sunbeam Dam, located at the mouth of the Yankee Fork roughly 13 miles north on Highway 75 from Stanley, Idaho, is an old dam on the Upper Salmon River that was partially dynamited to allow for fish passage. A large pullout off the highway gives motorists a place to stop and gaze down at the [...]