Hey all,
I'm a permit holder for an early August launch at Boundary Creek on the Middle Fork Salmon. From our location in California, this trip can be very long when you combine the drive on both sides, so we're driving in one day from Truckee to Stanley, and then going to Boundary the morning of our launch. There are nine people in our party.
Normally, campsites are chosen at 3:30 pm the day before your launch. However, we don't really want to camp at the put-in the night before - it's just too much after a heck of a long drive, so we'll stay at a hotel in Stanley or somewhere nearby the night before launch.
Sounds like you can still choose campsites the day of the launch.
Salmon-Challis National Forest - Water Activities
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5345683.pdf
So my question:
1. Do you think that the campsites would be badly picked over if we wait until the launch day to make our choices, since we'd be choosing from leftovers?
2. As our party size is less than 10 people, do you think that nice campgrounds would be left over for us since most parties are greater than 10 people? The list above implies that many sites are for 10 or less people.
I guess I just don't want to get wrapped up in the "gotta be there, go go go" trip to get there so quickly just to negotiate campsites. Perhaps I'm looking for justification for what many of you think might be a bad idea - choosing campsites the day of launch! To me, any trip on the MF Salmon is a fantastic opportunity.
Would love your thoughts!
Thanks,
penguin
I'm a permit holder for an early August launch at Boundary Creek on the Middle Fork Salmon. From our location in California, this trip can be very long when you combine the drive on both sides, so we're driving in one day from Truckee to Stanley, and then going to Boundary the morning of our launch. There are nine people in our party.
Normally, campsites are chosen at 3:30 pm the day before your launch. However, we don't really want to camp at the put-in the night before - it's just too much after a heck of a long drive, so we'll stay at a hotel in Stanley or somewhere nearby the night before launch.
Sounds like you can still choose campsites the day of the launch.
Salmon-Challis National Forest - Water Activities
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5345683.pdf
So my question:
1. Do you think that the campsites would be badly picked over if we wait until the launch day to make our choices, since we'd be choosing from leftovers?
2. As our party size is less than 10 people, do you think that nice campgrounds would be left over for us since most parties are greater than 10 people? The list above implies that many sites are for 10 or less people.
I guess I just don't want to get wrapped up in the "gotta be there, go go go" trip to get there so quickly just to negotiate campsites. Perhaps I'm looking for justification for what many of you think might be a bad idea - choosing campsites the day of launch! To me, any trip on the MF Salmon is a fantastic opportunity.
Would love your thoughts!
Thanks,
penguin