Paddling the Payette

The 10th-anniversary, 3rd Edition of Paddling the Payette by Idaho author Steve Stuebner is the best and only guide to 24 paddling trips on the Payette River.

The book retails for $12.95. It's available here on this web site, and at Idaho River Sports, Alpenglow Mountainsport, Barnes & Noble, Borders and REI in Boise, and at many outlets throughout the Payette River Basin in Banks, Cascade, McCall and Lowman.

The 112-page all-new edition features a 10-page fully illustrated chapter on the best park-and-play holes in the Payette River Basin, including popular spots like "the Gutter," "Climax Hole," "Airtime Hole," "Bennett's Hole" and the "Training Hole," among others. Boise paddler Michael Leeds performs multiple aerial maneuvers as captured in digital images in the park-and-play chapter and on the book cover.

Paddling the Payette provides a detailed guide to 9 whitewater day trips and 15 canoeing trips on the North, South, Middle and Main Forks of the Payette River. It also contains historical tidbits, including a chapter on Francois Payette, the French-Canadian fur trapper who put his name on the river in the early 1820s, and lived in SW Idaho for more than 30 years as a true mountain man.

This 10th anniversary edition of Paddling the Payette is a viable and important guide to the entire Payette River system. Without a doubt, it has the best maps I have ever seen for this stretch of river."
- Tom Long, Cascade Raft and Kayak

"Pick up a copy of Paddling the Payette, and you'll find out what the Payette River system truly has to offer! You'll find great people, world-class whitewater, really fun kayak play spots and lots of sunshine during the endless Idaho summer."
- Michael Leeds, expert play boater

"Steve's new version of Paddling the Payette is an excellent guidebook for paddlers looking to explore scenic Class I-II water, play boaters looking for primo play spots and everything in between. The easy-to-read river maps and concise mile-by-mile descriptions make this book an invaluable reference. We highly recommend it."
- Stan Kolby and Jo Cassin, Idaho River Sports