Your car will be safe at our headquarters while you are on the river. A photographer from Sawtooth Photo shoots every raft six or seven times during the trip. Proofs are available for viewing at the Sawtooth Photo shop in Stanley immediately after your trip. In a paddle raft, the guests and the guide work together to maneuver down the river. In an oar raft the guide does all the maneuvering with two long oars.
Most guests prefer paddle rafts in order to be part of the action.
But seniors and young children often go in oar rafts because they provide a gentler ride. Usually there are six or seven guests plus a guide in each raft. Self-bailing rafts have holes in the bottom that allow water to drain out. They also have thick inflated floors that hold your feet above the river and insulate you from the cold water. By comparison, old-fashioned rafts have tightly sealed floors that trap water inside the raft.