We're planning a trip to NE Oregon at the end of August and need tips
on where to find outfitters for a 1/2 or 1 day raft trip on the
Snake. We're circling from La Grande, so coming down from Wallowa
Lake, it looks like there's a town called Homestead on the Snake
nearby, maybe others?

Just looking for tips... have spent quite a while in Google and all we
can turn up is camping trips for several days and hundreds of dollars
which is not exactly what we're after; we need a river ride for part
of /most of a day and then we move on to our other destinations on the
trip.

tx

On Aug 5, 10:15*pm, Nicholas wrote:
We're planning a trip to NE Oregon at the end of August and need tips
on where to find outfitters for a 1/2 or 1 day raft trip on the
Snake. *We're circling from La Grande, so coming down from Wallowa
Lake, it looks like there's a town called Homestead on the Snake
nearby, maybe others?

Just looking for tips... have spent quite a while in Google and all we
can turn up is camping trips for several days and hundreds of dollars
which is not exactly what we're after; we need a river ride for part
of /most of a day and then we move on to our other destinations on the
trip.

tx

We just did Hell's Canyon on the Snake this summer. There are no
short paddle/rowing trips available there. You might want to consider
crossing into Idaho and doing the one of the full or half-day trips on
the Lower Salmon out of Stanley Idaho. We passed these on our way
home and they look like fun.

Randy

Just got off Hells Canyon over Labor Day. Ran into day trip group from
Hells Canyon Adventures that paddle all the big rapids from the dam
about 18 miles or so, then are picked up by jet boat and taken back to
put in at dam. Would be a terrific day trip. Google Hells Canyon
Adventures web site.

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On Aug 5, 10:15 pm, Nicholas wrote:
We're planning a trip to NE Oregon at the end of August and need tips
on where to find outfitters for a 1/2 or 1 day raft trip on the
Snake. We're circling from La Grande, so coming down from Wallowa
Lake, it looks like there's a town called Homestead on the Snake
nearby, maybe others?

Just looking for tips... have spent quite a while in Google and all we
can turn up is camping trips for several days and hundreds of dollars
which is not exactly what we're after; we need a river ride for part
of /most of a day and then we move on to our other destinations on the
trip.

tx

We just did Hell's Canyon on the Snake this summer. There are no
short paddle/rowing trips available there. You might want to consider
crossing into Idaho and doing the one of the full or half-day trips on
the Lower Salmon out of Stanley Idaho. We passed these on our way
home and they look like fun.

Randy

On Aug 6, 1:15*pm, Nicholas wrote:
We're planning a trip to NE Oregon at the end of August and need tips
on where to find outfitters for a 1/2 or 1 day raft trip on the
Snake. *We're circling from La Grande, so coming down from Wallowa
Lake, it looks like there's a town called Homestead on the Snake
nearby, maybe others?

Just looking for tips... have spent quite a while in Google and all we
can turn up is camping trips for several days and hundreds of dollars
which is not exactly what we're after; we need a river ride for part
of /most of a day and then we move on to our other destinations on the
trip.

tx

I'll echo the Hell's Canyon advice. A while ago (many many moons,
grasshopper) some friends and I did a whirlwind tour of western
permitted rivers, without a permit. We drove to the put-ins and camped
out until we got a cancellation spot. Our first river was the MidFork
Salmon (it took like, a day), then drove to the Deschutes, Rogue, and
I forget what else. Along the way, we wanted to do the Snake, but
could not spare the time for a full run and were not willing to wait
for a cancellation. So we put on above Hell's Canyon, ran the big
drops by midafternoon, then flagged down a jetboat and hitched a ride
back upstream to put in. We didn't even make any pre-arrangements
beyond telling an outfitter at put-in to tell the jetboats to keep an
eye out for us. I think it cost us something like $20 per person and
$50 a raft, but like I said, it was forever ago. It was kind of
sobering to blast right back up the same rapids that we had just run
down, pucker factor and all (we were in tiny rafts). But it sure was
sweet to chalk up another river without having to do all the
logistics.

--riverman