What are some easy Montana Rivers, dog friendly and not permitted. Headed there in September trying to decide if I should bring the raft. Classl I- easy III
Every river Ive been on up there meets those standards. I floated the Snake (Wyoming/Idaho but Awesome in front of the Tetons), Maddison, Yellowstone, Gallatin, and a few others. All were easy, and camping in Montana is allowed everywhere below the high water line, and any islands too. They seem pretty relaxed about their rivers.
Every river Ive been on up there meets those standards. I floated the Snake (Wyoming/Idaho but Awesome in front of the Tetons), Maddison, Yellowstone, Gallatin, and a few others. All were easy, and camping in Montana is allowed everywhere below the high water line, and any islands too. They seem pretty relaxed about their rivers.
What are some easy Montana Rivers, dog friendly and not permitted. Headed there in September trying to decide if I should bring the raft. Classl I- easy III
In September there will be plenty of options that fit your request to a tee. Again, depending on where your headed, the Yellowstone is always an option, plenty of ways to make it into an overnighter, hell you could spend a month on the yellowstone if you wanted to.
The gallatin will be super low for a raft, the lower madison will be fine, you could easily do a 2 to 3 day float, camping at fishing access or public land at a number of spots. Upper madi will be low but likely floatable... it's pretty and has lots of options, plenty of access sites and public land.
The Smith MIGHT be an option but its somewhat unlikely. The rains/snow usually return by mid September so it can come up or riding a rain bump is possible depending on how flexible your schedule is...
Check out the Yellowstone River flowing through Gardiner; 3 mi town stretch to McConnell's access is time well spent with good class II-III wave action, scenery, & wildlife later in the season.
Depends on where you're heading. The western side of the state has the Clark Fork, Blackfoot (as in A River Runs Through It), Bitterroot, and Flathead rivers all with great day stretches.
Not sure the Blackfoot will still have water in it to float that time of year. Alberton Gorge on the Clark Fork has reliable late season water, Flathead, Beartrap on the Madison may be too hard, but has reliable water due to dam release. That run mentioned in Gardiner has water always and some good kayak play. Yankee Jim Cyn never really gets too low. In Idaho, but the salmon run at Shoup starting at the bridge and ending just past panther creek runs all year and has roadside camping. Some good play waves on the Yellowstone and you could probably put together an overnight there. Also in Idaho but near MT is the lower Selway, putting in just below the falls and continuing downstream, good car camping there as well. September could be tough around here flow wise. Lots of water right now.
Does anyone float the ruby, big hole, or beaverhead? I'll be in Dillon for a while in July and wondering if I should bring my boat, or just wade fish those rivers.
I know for sure fishermen float the big hole. But it will probably be too low by late July. Give a call to a fishing shop in Dillon for better Beta.
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