Dates:

Meeting Date/Time/Location:
July 3rd, 12:00 PM, Hungry Horse Ranger Station

Hike In Date: July 4th

Hike Out Date: July 9th

Ranger District:

Spotted Bear Ranger District

Trailhead:

Meadow Creek

Campsite:

Black Bear Cabin Night one, Salmon Forks Cabin Night two

Miles to camp:

11 miles on day one, 9 miles on day two

Hiking Difficulty:

Strenuous: Two full days of hiking before work begins. First day entails 11 miles of hiking to Black Bear Cabin, and day two will bring 8.5 miles to Salmon Forks Cabin.

Work Difficulty:

Moderate: Although you will be bending over frequently to hand pull weeds, you will float between work sites along the South Fork Flathead River.

Project Description

This is a unique opportunity to float a portion of the Wild and Scenic South Fork of the Flathead! This popular section is seeing more and more use with recreationists. Patches of weeds are growing and hitching rides downstream. Your help is needed to stop the spread! Volunteers will be pulling weeds in a few crucial spots along the river corridor. We will have two rafts (one for gear and one for people). We also may bring in an inflatable kayak or two if we have room on the pack animals.

Cancellation Policy

It is very important to know that you are expected to commit to the project once you sign up. All of our projects take a lot of time and effort to organize and we want to make sure that we have full trips so that we can complete the project as outlined by our Forest Service partners. Please do not sign up for a trip unless you are committed to doing it.

We do, of course, understand that things happen and circumstances change, so if you must cancel, please do so as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than 45 days before the trip and no-shows will forfeit their project registration deposit as a cancellation fee. 

While uncommon, BMWF may find it necessary to cancel a project due to low volunteer sign-ups or safety reasons (i.e. wildfires), but will contact volunteers as soon as possible and typically no later than two weeks before the project start date.  For this reason we strongly recommend volunteers purchase trip insurance when making airline reservations or other travel arrangements.

To see how many spots are available click the SIGN UP button below. The second page will tell you when there are fewer than 4 spots remaining on a trip.

We encourage you to join the waitlist if a trip is full – we often have openings for these spots throughout the summer!