America Outdoors outfitters will leave you breathless with whitewater rafting and kayaking on the Main Payette River.
If there is a better river for all-around family fun, we don't know where it is. The popular Payette offers every kind of experience from placid Class I and II water to thundering Class V+ -- all within a short distance from Boise, Idaho.
Some have compared the Payette and its tributaries to the public school system: the Main Payette provides a basic education in whitewater technique; the Cabarton stretch of the North Fork is high school material; sections of the South Fork will earn you a college degree in whitewater; and if you can master the daunting Class V+ waters of the North Fork below Smith's Ferry, you've got yourself a Phd. in whitewater rafting!
On a hot summer day, the nine mile stretch of the Main Payette beginning at Banks will be filled with dozens of rafters and kayakers, eager to challenge the Class III rapids of Mike's Hole, Mixmaster, AMF, G.L.O.Y.F. (Go Left Or You're Fired), Chief Parish, Mixmaster, Dutch Oven Lovin'. Just one hour from Boise, you can look forward to fun in the sun with plenty of time left for other summer activities.
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