The Clark Fork River, named by explorer William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame, courses through over a hundred miles of quiet water before meeting with the Blackfoot and Bitterroot Rivers. Upon this confluence the Clark Fork descends into Alberton Gorge, one of the most exciting and certainly one of ...

The Locsha River is packed with thrilling whitewater as it descends from the Bitterroot Mountains on the Continental Divide.

The lovely Blackfoot River was put on the historical map by the Corps of Discovery. The Blackfoot River was the key route explorer Meriwether Lewis chose to take back to Great Falls on his return journey home, cutting a good month off the time it took them to go west. Draining snowmelt from the Bob...

Fed by the clear waters of Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, the exciting Buffalo Run section of the Lower Flathead River is sure to please any whitewater enthusiast. The Lower Flathead winds through the Flathead Indian Reservation, fed by high volume flows released...

Draining snowmelt from northwestern Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin Range, the Gallatin River features some of the most exhilarating and easily accessible whitewater in the state of Montana. Along its boatable length, the Gallatin is flanked by Gallatin Canyon Road. The Gallatin is pack...

As Gallatin Canyon tightens its squeeze on the Gallatin River, the rapids quickly intensify. Limestone cliffs along the banks give way to intrusions of igneous granite, and large granite boulders choke the waterway. The rapids along the Lower Gallatin are technical and demanding, especially at hig...

Once the South and North Forks of the Payette join, the best rafting is upstream of the Black Canyon Dam near Emmett. A 15-mile stretch contains some exciting whitewater, perfect for those with intermediate skills. Holes such as Bennett’s Rock and Mixmaster provide challenges of up to Class IV for t...

The Wild & Scenic Middle Fork of the Flathead’s headwaters sit deep in the Great Bear Wilderness Area, part of the larger Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. One of the premier whitewater rivers in the nation, the Middle Fork’s watershed flows through over 30 miles of pure wilderness before entering c...

Flowing from out of the Great Bear Wilderness area, the Middle Fork of the Flathead River enters civilization at its confluence with Bear Creek and Route 2. Right away the Middle Fork becomes the southeastern boundary to Glacier National Park. With the park on one side and forest service scattered ...

Trips along the Great Bear section of the Middle Fork of the Flathead originate deep within the Great Bear Wilderness, either at Schaffer Meadows, a remote airstrip accessed by small Cessna aircraft, or by ½ day hike or horseback ride into Granite Creek. Needless to say, with such remote access, th...