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Schedule & Rates for 2008 Snake River Trips with Hughes River Expeditions, Inc.

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3 or 4 Day Snake River Trips: These trips cover the National Wild River from Hells Canyon Creek to Pittsburg Landing. That's 32 River Miles either 3 Days/2 Nights or 4 Days/3 Nights.
Launch Dates
May 26, 30
June 3*, 7, 11, 15*, 19, 23, 27
July 1*, 5, 9, 13*, 14, 17, 21, 25, 29*
August 2, 6, 10*, 14, 18, 22, 26*, 30
Sept. 3, 7
Trip Rates
Three Day Expedition
3 Days/2 Nights
32 River Miles
$975 Adults
$877.50 Youth

Four Day Expedition
4 Days/3 Nights
32 River Miles
$1230 adults
$1107.00 youth
* Motorless Window Trip
** Special Interest Trip - See Below
5 or 6 Day Trips can be arranged for groups. These trips cover the National Wild and Scenic Snake River from Hells Canyon Creek to Heller Bar. 5 Day trips are $1500/adult, $1350/youth. 6 day trips are $1675/adult, $1507.50/youth. Check with our office for launch dates and details.

The Snake River/ Hells Canyon season is May 1-September 30. Groups can plan trips on dates of your choice May 1-22, and September 11-30.
*Motorless Window Dates. U.S. Forest Service Snake River management provides for Mon., Tues., Wed. to be motorless between Wild Sheep Rapids and Kirkwood Bar every other week during June-August. Motorless Motorless Window Dates for 2008 are: June 2-4, June 16-18, June 30-July 2, July 14-16, July 28-30, August 11-13, and August 25-27.. Motorless window dates are usually planned for 4 Days/3 Nights. Check with our office for more information.
Hughes River Expeditions, Inc.
P.O. Box 217
Cambridge, Idaho 83610
1-800-262-1882

info@hughesriver.com
*Special Interest Trips feature special events or activities. For a complete list go to
Cool Trips
Graduation and "End of the School Year" Specials:
May 30-June1 (3 days/2 nights).
@ $820/adults, $750/kids-teens-college kids.
Celebrate high school or college graduation “on the river”. A wonderful trip for family & friends. Other dates available on request. Charter Trips available for groups.

Hells Canyon Geology Trip with Tracy Vallier. @$1230/adult, $1107.00/youth

Travel with Hells Canyon geologist, Tracy Vallier. (B.S., Iowa St. U., Ph.D., Oregon St. U.) Tracy has worked in the canyon for more than four decades. He is author of Islands & Rapids "A Geologic Story of Hells Canyon", and was scientific advisor for the video "Exotic Terrane".

Hells Canyon is the deepest major river canyon in the conterminous U.S. The Snake River in Hells Canyon lies nearly 8,000 ft. below He Devil, a mountain that rises to an elevation over 9,300 ft. just six miles to the east. For those interested, Tracy will discuss the stratigraphy, structure, and petrology of the rocks that formed in an island arc, very similar to the Aleutians, Marianas, and Tonga. The rocks were subsequently attached to ancient N. America. Rocks range in age from about 300 million to 15 million years ago. Younger erosional and depositional features relating to the Bonneville Flood (about 14,500 years ago), landslides, and alluvial fans will be investigated on the trip. Tracy also has interesting stories about animal and people encounters that he will share in the evenings.

Snake River & Jazz.
July 17-20, 2008. 4 Days/3 Nights.
@$1230/adult, $1107.00/youth
Brad Peters and Chuck Smith will be two of the musicians traveling with us. Brad teaches at Boise State University and heads up the Gene Harris Jazz Festival. Brad has performed with orchestras throughout the northwest including the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, The San Diego Symphony and Sacramento Symphony. He has worked with Arturo Sandoval, Dave Brubeck, Ernie Watts, Lew Soloff, Diane Shure and the Glen Miller Band. He has toured national and internationally including concerts in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Taiwan most recently a performance in Prague this last August.
Jerry Hughes playing with Dave Mendenhall. on the Middle Fork in 2005
Chuck Smith is active throughout the Northwest as both a jazz pianist and a music educator. As a pianist, he has appeared with numerous distinguished artists, including performances with drummer Eric Gravatt, a founding member of the jazz group, Weather Report. He was a contract pianist with Ben Arden and the Carlton Celebrity Room in Edina, MN, and accompanied well-known celebrities such as Johnny Mathis, the Mills Brothers, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Bernadette Peters, Loretta Lynn, Rich Little and Bob Hope. Smith toured as pianist and musical director for Paul Anka for eight years, performing in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. He conducted for Anka at many notable functions, including appearances at the Reagan White House and for the Atlanta Symphony.