Stanley

Their journey takes them hundreds of miles inland through multiple dams, strong currents, and countless obstacles before reaching the cold mountain streams of central Idaho.

Each fall, Idaho Fish and Game personnel hike miles of streams throughout the Middle Fork Salmon River Basin near Stanley, Idaho, to document one of nature's most remarkable migrations.

The Middle Fork Salmon River Basin is an important spawning area for wild Chinook salmon in Idaho.

Much of the basin lies within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, where streams remain largely untouched and provide high quality habitat for spawning.

Where, where are you coming from today?

I, that's the s- uh, the Salmon River behind me, so I'm just outside of Stanley, Idaho at the, uh, base of the Sawtooth Mountains.

Yeah.

That's, yeah.

I have been to every BBR since they...

I've been to, I think I did three BBRs when it was up in Stanley.

Stanley.

And I actually played one.

Okay.

Favorite venue that I've ever played.

And, and I know that's hard sometimes 'cause you don't wanna piss off some venues, but.

Um, I'm gonna say- The casino, the old Casino Club in Stanley, Idaho

We did a 12, 12 and a half mile hike.

Um, just a day hike and up to Alpine Lake near the, or in the sawtooth mountains, uh, near Stanley, Idaho.

Um, And about five to 10 minutes before we got to the Alpine Lake, we were trying to get to before we had a snack and head back down.

We came across the 80 year old guy come to find out his name is Rod.

So whatever they're doing, they gotta get Get to the lodge, which out there, I mean, you're in Sawtooth Mountains.

There's not much out there.

Stanley was population 160 people.

So not a lot to pick from.