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Beginning high in treeless, lichen covered mountains, the SALMON RIVER is one of the greatest rivers in Alaska! Through it's 90 mile course we enjoy 8 days of floating and fishing. It's extravagant changes in terrain delight the eye as it flows through canyons lush with forests of spruce and birch, then onto open permafrost laden Arctic tundra. Next it flows through braided river channels with hundreds of islands, becoming very large at it's end.

Kings, Sockeye,Silvers, Chums, Humpies, Arctic Char, Rainbow Trout and Arctic Grayling can all be caught on this river.

Large birds of prey abound. We've seen Peregrine Falcons, Golden Eagles, Great Gray Owls and many Bald Eagles. Black and Grizzly or Brown Bears are prolific and in equal numbers. Caribou are seen on the upper river while moose are often seen from midway down. Once we found two enormous moose racks entwined together, the result of a mating season battle to the death. We've seen wolves; their tracks are on it's many beaches, an indication of true wilderness