Floating the Smith River Montana (Shortened) - Family Rafting Adventure with Kids

After years of wanting to, we finally got our stuff together, teamed up with some friends and managed to draw a Smith River permit. The Smith River montana river rafting trips permit is one of the most sought after montana rafting trips and the only permitted river in Montana. Smith river rafting is not without it's tricks and tips though. Montana rivers are all open to the public, but floating the smith river requires special Fish Wildlife and Parks permit. The weather can be, uh, variable as we found out but it's an amazingly beautiful place, secluded and relaxing. Floating the smith river is a real treat if you get the chance. We ran into cold and rain and ended up pulling out early but the trip before us got a lot of warm sun and cloudless days.
The rafting is not particularly technical even in high water but you do need to be careful and aware of getting pushed into the walls on tight turns.

See the eventual blog post on TravelingMel.com for more but here are a few things and links to find helpful.
Put in: Camp Baker, MT
Take Out: Eden Bridge, MT (or Chaos Bridge in Google Maps)
Smith River Flows: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/uv?site_no=06077500
Smith River Camping. You will be expected to pick your campsites prior to launching.
Raft Rentals: http://www.hatchadventures.com/ et al
Lewis and clark outfitters:
Smith river weather here: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/59645:4:US
and here: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/59485:4:US
Smith river montana map: http://stateparks.mt.gov/smith-river/

See more details on the blog: http://travelingmel.com

From WikiPedia:
Smith River is a tributary of the Missouri River, in central Montana, in the United States. It rises in southern Meagher County in the Castle Mountains and flows northwest in the valley between the Big Belt and Little Belt mountains, past White Sulphur Springs and past Smith River State Park. It turns north-northwest (NNW), and is joined by Hound Creek in Cascade County, and joins the Missouri approximately 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Great Falls.

The Smith is a Class I river from the Camp Baker Fishing Access site near Ft. Logan to its confluence with the Missouri River for public access for recreational purposes.

Noted for its spectacular scenery and blue-ribbon trout fishery, the Smith River is unique in that it has only one public put-in and one public take-out for the entire 59-mile (95 km) segment of river. Boat camps located along the remote river canyon help preserve the unique quality of this area. The Smith River between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge is the only river corridor managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks as a permitted river. Permits for private floats on the Smith River are allocated to the public via a lottery system prior to the spring season. Permit applications are typically available the first week of January each year, with an application deadline of mid-February.

Areas near the Smith River are currently under review as nearby Meagher County and state agencies investigate construction of the Black Butte Copper Project.

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