Spot report
🇺🇸Middle Fork Salmon, Idaho
updated 04:00 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· multi-day class III-IV wilderness river · base: Stanley
One hundred miles of free-flowing class III-IV with hot springs through the Frank Church Wilderness; the most coveted permit lottery in the US after the Grand Canyon.
Heads up · Permit lottery; fly-in from Boundary Creek at low water
Wind
8 km/h
gusts 10 · from E
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry at -1 °C — watch for black ice
Daylight
07:55 → 18:58
-1 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🛶
Kayak & canoe
RIDEABLEmirror water — 8 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 7 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 7 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 4 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
21 km/h
-1–9 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
15 km/h
0–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Fri
9 km/h
-2–14 °C
🏄SUP
Sat
22 km/h
1–13 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
16 km/h
-3–12 °C
🏄SUP
Mon
17 km/h
1–14 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
5 km/h
2–15 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — -1 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- -1 °C → insulated shell, gloves, warm hat
- Daylight 07:55–18:58 → golden hour from 17:58
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