Outfitters predict a fun-filled summer season on Idaho rivers
BOISE — The Norwegian Snow God Ullr finally woke up in January and the Idaho mountains made a strong comeback through the winter of 2023-24 to bring us to near-normal snowpack levels in most river basins.
The Owyhee River went off the charts at 200% of normal and the Lochsa will have fewer scary whitewater peaks with less snow, officials said this week.
“To me, it feels like it’s going to be a perfectly average year with the snowpack we have and the water levels expected,” said Steve Zettel, owner of Idaho Wilderness Company, which runs trips on the nationally famous Middle Fork Salmon River. “You can’t beat average on the Middle Fork — that’s as good as it gets.”
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