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40-943: It runs southeast for approximately 75 miles (121 km) from the Salmon River near the community of Challis to the Snake River Valley near Arco . To the west are the valleys of the Salmon and the Big Lost Rivers , while to the east are the Little Lost River and Pashimeroi Valleys. The range starts at the east bank of the Salmon River, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 m). It quickly rises to Grouse Creek Mountain (11,085 ft; 3,379 m) and Dickey Peak (11,141 ft; 3,396 m), and then descends to Double Springs Pass, location of one of just two roads to cross

80-511: A few miles before White Bird . The highway splits north to climb White Bird Hill while the river loops northwest and then south to its confluence with the Snake River north of Hells Canyon, fifteen miles (25 km) south of the Washington border and 40 miles (65 km) upstream of Lewiston . Excluding Alaska , the Salmon River is the longest river system contained entirely within

120-549: A protected valley that traps cold air from the surrounding mountains, creating strong temperature inversions . In latitude and elevation, Stanley's weather station is a near-perfect twin of the station at the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. But although both are quite cold, their climates are very different. During the summers, the Sawtooth Mountain Mamas Craft Fair is held in the field next to

160-560: A single U.S. state. The Salmon River area has been home to people for at least the last 8,000 years. Much of the area was inhabited by several tribes, including the Nez Perce . The river was considered sacred ground and a rich source of food for the indigenous people of the area, who relied on the abundant salmon species and other wildlife. In August 1805, just after crossing the Continental Divide , Lewis and Clark ventured down

200-404: A year on staples like coffee, tea, chocolate, sugar, flour, etc. Buckskin was a true craftsman in his own right forging his own knives, pistols, rifles, kettles, pots, and pans. Buckskin died in 1980 and his cabin at 5 mile bar has been turned into a museum. In the 1860s, placer deposits of gold were found along the river, and a gold rush began. Miners came to the area, causing clashes with

240-753: Is clearly visible in Stanley, and the town has sought the seal of approval from the International Dark-Sky Association . Stanley is located in the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve which is the USA's first International Gold-Tier Dark Sky Preserve . Stanley is located at 44°13′0″N 114°56′16″W  /  44.21667°N 114.93778°W  / 44.21667; -114.93778 (44.216698, -114.937814), at an elevation of 6,253 feet (1,906 m) above sea level According to

280-546: Is very rapid & Sholey water Clear but little timber. The honor didn't last long; by 1810, maps of the area were already referring to "Louis' River" as the Salmon. Clark had thought that the Salmon River was the Snake River, thus he called it the "Westerly fork of the Columbia". The Snake River retained the variant name "Lewis River" or "Lewis Fork" longer than did the Salmon. In the Early to Mid 20th Century other explorers arrived to

320-612: The Columbia River Basin . Despite abundant, excellent salmon habitat in the Salmon River basin, chinook, steelhead, and sockeye salmon populations have not significantly recovered, despite listings under the federal Endangered Species Act since the mid-1990s. Populations remain at risk in large part because of the negative effects of four federal dams and reservoirs on the lower Snake river, through which both juvenile salmon and returning adults must pass. Many Northwest salmon advocates, commercial & sportfishermen call for removal of

360-537: The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area . The Middle Fork is about 110 miles (180 km) long, while the Main Fork is about 81 miles (130 km) in length. The Middle Fork raft trip run ends 7 miles (11 km) prior to the beginning of the Main Fork run; Corn Creek is the start of the Main Fork section of the Salmon River. The South Fork of the Salmon flows through Payette National Forest and enters

400-534: The Lemhi River at Salmon east of the Lemhi Range. North of Salmon, the river is joined at its North Fork , before turning west into over 200 miles (320 km) of continuous canyons through the Salmon River and Clearwater Mountains – some of the most rugged and isolated terrain in the contiguous United States. Exhibiting upwards of 7,000 feet (2,130 m) of vertical relief, the Salmon River canyons are some of

440-465: The Snake River . Measured at White Bird , its average discharge is 11,060 cubic feet per second (82,700 US gal/s; 313 m /s). The Salmon River is the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States . Settlements located along the Salmon River include Stanley , Clayton , Challis , Salmon , Riggins , and White Bird . Redfish Lake and Little Redfish Lake , which flow into

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480-623: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.61 km ), of which, 0.61 square miles (1.58 km ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ) is water. Stanley is surrounded by the Sawtooth National Recreation Area . On March 31, 2020 at 5:48 MST, a M 6.5 earthquake 20 miles northwest of Stanley shook the town. This was the second strongest earthquake recorded in Idaho, behind

520-422: The 6.9 Borah Peak earthquake of 1983. As of the census of 2020 there were 116 people in Stanley. There were 169 housing units. As of the census of 2010, there were 63 people, 30 households, and 13 families living in the city. The population density was 103.3 inhabitants per square mile (39.9/km ). There were 91 housing units at an average density of 149.2 per square mile (57.6/km ). The racial makeup of

560-510: The Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and Ice Harbor dams to address survival problems. As of November 2015, controversy continues in NW Politics, public discourse, and in federal court, where federal salmon recovery plans are under legal challenge. Download coordinates as: The United States Geological Survey operates four stream gauge water level monitoring stations on

600-622: The Nez Perce on their ancestral tribal lands. Many historic and present day mines (including dredging operations) can be seen while traveling along the river. Several national forests and Sawtooth National Recreation Area provide for numerous recreation opportunities within the river's watershed. Two segments (the Middle Fork and a section of the main Salmon River, known as the Main Fork) are protected as National Wild and Scenic Rivers . The Middle Fork

640-733: The Salmon River and ultimately stayed. These early explorers included Frank Lance, Francis, Hank the Hermit, and most well known and storied Buckskin Bill. Sylvan Ambrose Hart (Buckskin Bill) was one of the last Mountain Men to inhabit the Salmon River Canyon at 5 Mile Bar. He arrived to the canyon in/around 1928 from the Oklahoma Territory. For nearly 50 years he lived at 5 Mile Bar and spent less than 50 dollars

680-579: The Salmon River, but found it to be too rough to be navigable. Clark wrote: ... I shall in justice to Capt. Lewis who was the first white man ever on this fork of the Columbia Call this Louis's river. ... The Westerly fork of the Columbia River [the present Salmon River] is double the size of the Easterley fork [the present Lemhi River] & below those forks the river is ... 100 yards [90 m] wide, it

720-679: The Sawtooth Range at over 9,200 feet (2,800 m) in elevation, several miles northwest of Norton Peak . For the first thirty miles (50 km), it flows north through the Sawtooth Valley , then turns east at Stanley , receiving the Yankee Fork shortly below that point and the East Fork further downstream. The river then flows northeast, receiving the Pahsimeroi River at Ellis and then

760-472: The Sawtooths. The site was not considered a town until 1919 when its streets and lots were surveyed and recorded. Stanley has long been a gathering place for the sparsely populated region. In 2005, Hannah Stauts won the city's mayoral election at age 22 to become the state's youngest elected mayor. The 2017 solar eclipse attracted a large number of visitors to Stanley and surrounding areas. The Milky Way

800-406: The U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States . It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km ). The river drops more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) from its headwaters, near Galena Summit above the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area , to its confluence with

840-548: The Wild and Scenic Main Fork at Mackay Bar. The Main Fork raft trip ends about 25 miles (40 km) east of Riggins , either at Vinegar Creek or Carey Creek, marking the beginning of the Lower Salmon rafting section. Boating companies offer both single and multiple day trips on the river. The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is known as one of the best catch and release fly fisheries in

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880-419: The age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under

920-461: The age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 40.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 122.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 123.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 37,813, and the median income for a family was $ 45,625. Males had a median income of $ 25,000 versus $ 37,500 for females. The per capita income for

960-414: The average family size was 2.23. The median age in the city was 52.5 years. 3.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 1.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.8% were from 25 to 44; 58.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.4% male and 47.6% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 100 people, 45 households, and 23 families living in

1000-461: The city was $ 23,303. There were 25.9% of families and 21.4% of the population living below the poverty line , including 47.1% of those under 18 and none of those over 64. In November 2005, residents elected 22-year-old Hannah Stauts as mayor of Stanley. Stauts, a former resident of Boise , was the youngest female mayor in the United States. She was succeeded by Herb Mumford, a retired engineer who

1040-407: The city was 100.0% White . There were 30 households, of which 3.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 56.7% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.73 and

1080-409: The city. The population density was 161.0 inhabitants per square mile (62.2/km ). There were 77 housing units at an average density of 124.0 per square mile (47.9/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 98.00% White , 1.00% Native American , and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population. There were 45 households, out of which 24.4% had children under

1120-480: The deepest canyons in the continental United States, which at roughly 7,000 feet (2,130 m) of vertical relief, is deeper than the Grand Canyon . Outdoor Lodges dot the main canyon of the Salmon River from Salmon, Idaho to Riggins, Idaho. Often the only way to access these lodges is either by motorized boats, rafting trips, hiking, and even some isolated airstrips. Both the Middle Fork and Main Fork travel through

1160-589: The deepest in the U.S., surpassing the Grand Canyon and second only to the Snake River's Hells Canyon , nearby on the Idaho– Oregon border. Here, the river is joined by its two largest tributaries, the Middle Fork and South Fork . Ten miles (16 km) downstream (west) of its confluence with the Middle Fork, the Salmon River becomes the dividing line for the two time zones in Idaho: Mountain Time to

1200-683: The grocery store, usually for about 2–3 days in July. A music festival, the Sawtooth Valley Gathering, also attracts a fair number of people. An imaginative 1980 novel by Gino Sky, Appaloosa Rising: the Legend of the Cowboy Buddha , is set in the Stanley area. A 2003 memoir by John Rember, Traplines: Coming Home to the Sawtooth Valley describes life in Stanley and its surrounding area, and

1240-562: The highest, climbs to 12,662 ft (3,859 m). Further south are Mount Idaho (12,065 ft; 3,677 m), Leatherman Peak (12,228 ft; 3,727 m), Mount Church (over 12,200 ft; 3,700 m), Mount Breitenbach (12,140 ft; 3,700 m), and Lost River Mountain (12,078 ft; 3,681 m). To the east of this section of the range lie the remote canyons of the Upper Pashimeroi Valley, including scenic Merriam Lake . The range then descends to Pass Creek Summit,

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1280-544: The main stem of the Salmon River and 17 others on its tributaries. Real time data is available for each station on the USGS website. For a map of these see Salmon River USGS Station Map or in the box at right. Stanley, Idaho Stanley is a town in the Sawtooth Valley in Custer County , Idaho , United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census ; up from 63 in 2010 . The center of population of Idaho in 2000

1320-407: The nation. Other recreational activities along the river include camping, hiking and mountain biking. The Salmon River historically produced 45% percent of all the steelhead (ocean-going rainbow trout ) and 45 percent of all the spring and summer chinook salmon in the entire Columbia River Basin. The Salmon River basin contains most (up to 70 percent) of the remaining salmon and steelhead habitat in

1360-478: The range. Nearby is an interpretive site explaining the effects of the magnitude 6.9 Borah Peak earthquake that hit the range on October 28, 1983. The Big Lost River Valley fell and the Lost River Range rose, leaving a fault scarp of up to 14 ft (4.3 m) along the base of the mountains. The range then rises into its high central section, which includes many of the state's highest peaks. Borah Peak ,

1400-595: The river via Redfish Lake Creek, are the termini of the longest Pacific sockeye salmon migration in North America. The lower half of the river provides the time zone boundary for the state, with northern Idaho on Pacific Time and the rest of the state on Mountain Time . The Salmon River originates from and flows through the mountains of central and eastern Idaho ( Lemhi Range , Sawtooth , Salmon River Mountains , Clearwater and Bitterroot Range ). The main stem rises in

1440-469: The second road to cross its crest. It continues to King Mountain (10,612 ft; 3,235 m), a favorite site for hang gliders. Finally it descends sharply to the Snake River Valley near the community of Arco, at an elevation of 5,300 ft (1,600 m). Download coordinates as: Salmon River (Idaho) The Salmon River , also known as the " River of No Return ", is a river located in

1480-483: The south, Pacific Time to the north, bisecting the state at approximately 45½ degrees north latitude. The river turns abruptly north at the confluence with the Little Salmon River at Riggins , about 87 miles (140 km) above its mouth. From there the river flows almost due north, with U.S. Route 95 crossing the river on the "Time Zone Bridge" just north of Riggins, and then travels on its east bank until

1520-520: Was elected in November 2009. The current mayor is Steve Botti. Stanley has an alpine subarctic climate with very cold winters and warm summers with a very large diurnal temperature variation . Frosts can occur at any time of the year. There are on average 290 mornings in the year with frost (10 of them in July) and 60 nights that reach 0 °F (−17.8 °C). The cold weather is due to Stanley's location in

1560-607: Was located in Stanley. Fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company discovered the Stanley Basin in the 1820s, but it was mostly avoided due to scarcity of beaver . Captain John Stanley, a Confederate Civil War veteran, led a party of twenty-three prospectors through the area in 1863 (or 1864), but they found little gold and moved on and discovered the Atlanta lode on the south end of

1600-403: Was one of the original eight rivers designated Wild and Scenic in 1968, and is often considered the "crown jewel" of the Wild and Scenic system. The Salmon is a popular destination for whitewater kayaking , canoeing , and rafting . The canyons of the Salmon allow for magnificent views of the complex geology of the region. The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area includes one of

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