00:32:02 Carey: πŸŽ‚ Happy Birthday, Roger. 00:45:40 Audrey Bergsma: How were the bugs? 00:47:30 Audrey Bergsma: Were there side hikes? 00:48:13 Ben Banet: Lots of side hikes! Look up the Chinese Wall, that would be a really fun dayhike. Think it's about 12 miles roundtrip 00:48:25 Debbie Hinde: Did the rain in the area cause a big rise in the river level? 00:48:52 Ben Banet: Big Salmon Lake was a favorite sidehike too, that's only a mile or two up from the river 00:49:52 Bill Rivers: Permit required? 00:52:24 Ben Banet: in august 22, rangers had to put down two bears on the S Fork near the Big Salmon campsites about a week before we went πŸ™ Saw a grizzly track on the hike in, but no signs of bears once we were floating 00:57:01 Carey: What fishing flies? 00:58:10 Carey: Sorry, I missed that. 00:58:36 Carey: Thanks. 00:59:45 Carey: I'm assuming the name comes from the Flathead Indians. 01:00:27 Dennis: Do you recall the name of the horsepacker? 01:03:48 Ben Banet: One more recommendation for Backcountry Packrafts, we had some people use them too and it was a great experience for them. Helpful, local guy who rents a lot on the S Fork so had up to date beta 01:14:40 Nick Barr: how heavy were the packrafts? 01:17:06 Daniel Koziol: I am late to the presentation because of kid issues. Is there a link to download the presentation? 01:17:07 Ben Banet: Ours ranged from 8-12 lbs. With sprayskirts, paddles, PFD's, etc they got to be ~15lbs. Depends on the model 01:17:22 Mari Baldwin: Thanks.. 01:19:41 Kirsten: Trail Head in Missoula also rents packrafts if you want to pick them up on the way in. 01:20:40 Virginia Winter: Thank you Josh. Excellent adventure. 01:22:14 RichM: Awesome presentation! 01:23:20 Kirsten: Timmy at Four Rivers Shuttle (406) 370-5845 also does vehicle shuttles 01:23:29 Kirsten: Oops, Tommy 01:23:34 Nick Barr: If you had to do it again would you have make the horseback into 2 days? 01:23:46 Jan’s iPad: Thanks 01:26:13 Sonia van Zyl: is the water cold year round or are there times when you can enjoy swimming too? 01:26:16 Roger Faaborg: Is there much elevation change on the hike out? 01:27:27 Ben Banet: only a couple hundred, was sandy and thru a burn scar for most of it 01:27:43 Debbie Hinde: I saw gear on the front of the packrafts. Did you also have gear zipped into the tubes? 01:29:28 Carey: What did you is the on river mileage? 01:29:54 Randy Knauff: How about an IK for more room and more stability 01:30:45 Carey: What is the mileage from put-in to take-out. 01:32:10 Debbie Hinde: This was a fantastic presentation - thank you!! I would love to go run this river. 01:32:15 Ben Banet: Big Prairie Work Station is a great stop if you put in on the higher parts, got cookies and Tang from the rangers there 01:32:24 Carey: Thanks. 01:33:15 Cathi Kindt: Thank you so much for a very organized and informative presentation. 01:33:37 Ben Banet: Great presentation! Highly recommend this trip. Thanks Josh!