Sunset skies above Idaho's Lochsa River.
This remote river is fed by the melting snowpack of the Bitterroot Range, among the highest precipitation areas in the state. The Selway river joins it before they flow into the Clearwater River. Traveling thru here was one of the hardest, grueling stretches of the Lewis & Clark expedition.
"Long before the arrival of European Americans in the 19th century, the Nez Perce people in Idaho used the trail along the Lochsa River to travel to the plains of Montana to hunt buffalo. Kootenai and Salish (Flatheads) from Montana used the river trail to reach salmon runs in the rivers and streams feeding into the Columbia basin." Wikipedia
"The Lochsa is one of the greatest whitewater flows in the country – and the world. Pronounced “lock-saw” which means rough water in the Nez Perce Language. 37 Class III, 25 Class IV, and two Class V rapids will get your arms burning and your heart pumping. The names of the rapids say it all – Grim Reaper, Pipeline, Lochsa Falls, Termination – and you won’t get much rest between."
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