The Selway River is a large tributary of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. It flows within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Bitterroot National Forest, and the Nez Perce National Forest of North Central Idaho. [5]

The Selway River flows through portions of north-central Idaho within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The Selway is unique because it is the only river in the United States that received instant inclusion as a wild river, in both the National Wilderness Preservation System and the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

The Selway River is home to rainbow, cutthroat, bull and eastern brook trout. Whitewater enthusiasts can experience a thrilling 20-mile float from Selway Falls to Lowell during spring runoff May through June.

Defined as ocean-run Oncorhynchus nerka longer than 14 inches in the Snake River drainage below Hells Canyon Dam, the Salmon River drainage (excluding above Mosquito Flat Dam), and the Clearwater River drainage (excluding that portion above Dworshak Dam and lakes)

The Selway has the best of everything: fun, technically challenging class IV whitewater, spectacular Idaho wilderness scenery, beautiful campsites, and best of all, almost no people. Floating through the heart of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness makes for spectacular scenery.

The Selway River Trip is a premier mountain wilderness, whitewater, camping, and fly fishing trip that flows through beautiful forested canyons. It is easy to consider the Selway to be the ultimate rafting trip. River banks are lined with Grand Fir, Douglas Fir, Cedar, Ponderosa Pine, Hemlock…

The Selway River is simply one of the most exclusive river adventures in the U.S. One of the most remote and wild commercial river trips in the U.S. the Selway only has one launch per day (private or commercial) and has a comparatively short season from mid-may until the end of July.

The natural beauty, challenging rapids and pristine solitude make the Selway River one of the highest quality whitewater rivers in the nation. The Selway flows from its headwaters in the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains to the Lochsa River near Lowell and is …

Selway River Adventures offers 5 and 6 day trips on Idaho’s jewel of a river which flows through the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. Our trips run for 47 miles from the Paradise Guard Station boat launch to the take out at Race Creek just above Selway Falls.

Selway River. Only 20 miles of the Selway River, from its junction with the Lochsa River upstream to the Selway- Bitterroot Wilderness boundary, is accessible by road. A 42-mile sightseeing drive from Lowell to Selway Falls and back offers the traveler an opportunity to appreciate the pristine beauty of the river as well as picturesque Selway ...