Outdoor Program Director, Ben Brock, and Middle School math teacher, Jen Coffey, left Riverstone this morning with nine middle and high school students on a nine day trek along the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
According to Ben, here’s the plan:
“We will leave on Monday and travel to Yellowpine ID, east of Cascade. The following morning, we will begin hiking down Indian Creek, one of the major tributaries of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Once we join the Middle Fork, we will hike upstream towards our ultimate goal of Marsh Creek Trailhead near Stanley. Our route will parallel the Middle Fork and along the way we will pass several backcountry landing strips, a couple Forest Service Guard Stations, numerous hot springs, and innumerable fantastic fishing holes. Additionally, the majority of the hike will take place on Idaho’s Centennial Trail, which begins on our southern border with Nevada and ends on the Canadian border in the north.
The Summer Middle Fork Trek will take us through my favorite section of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, which is considered one of the crown jewels of America’s Wild and Scenic River system. In addition to the hot springs, the fishing, and the amazing scenery, we will also pass through many Native American sites along the river, including ancient hunting blinds and campsites where I have personally found arrowheads, scrapers and spear points.
Over the course of nine days on the trail we will cover approximately 60 miles of gradually uphill terrain; definitely a reasonable distance given our strong crew. We will finish our hike, as originally planned, on Wednesday, July 27 near Stanley. After loading up our gear and a final jump in the creek, we’ll head to Stanley for a burger and then head for Boise.
I’m truly excited about this trip and can’t wait to show our young hikers one of the places that helped define me as a person.”
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