For those who continue, the trail continues to climb well away from the river, passing the Kinzel Lake Trail #665 on your left and dropping and climbing out of side drainages. Get back onto the main trail and at milepost 4.7, you reach Goat Creek, another popular turnaround point or camping spot. See caution below about outcropping cliffs. Vanishing Falls is the next waterfalls upstream. Continue hiking on the side loop in and out of openings. From here, you can hear the roar and catch a glimpse of Final Falls and Frustration Falls upstream. At the three plus mile point, there is a side trail off the main trail to the right that brings you out of the forest and into a series of large moss covered rocky outcrops with viewpoints. Just beyond the campsites is the two mile point where another bridge crosses a tributary, followed by the wilderness boundary, a trailhead board and wilderness permit box.Īfter this, the trail begins a steady climb up and away from the river. Another 1/3 of a mile and you reach Rolling Riffle where there are some dispersed campsites. The trail continues along the river with a view across the river of Big Horn Creek, a larger tributary coming in to the flow. Stay on the trail to the first bridge at milepost one. Next is the second narrow section that skirts the rocky shoreline with a deep pool of the Salmon River. On the far side of the channel is a large flat grove of old growth along the river shoreline. Next you come to a side channel of the river reopened by the Forest Service to improve salmon habitat. The rest of the trail is wider with more distance to the river.
The first section of trail is fairly narrow where the river has cut into the bank. It's lower elevations makes it accessible nearly year-round. The first two miles are fairly flat followed by two steeper miles to viewpoints. The popular 14-mile Salmon River Trail crosses the heart of the Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness, but most folks hike up 3-5 miles and turn around for a nice day trip.
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