Alpine Village Blog

Celebrate Whitewater in Riggins this Weekend

Head to Riggins, Idaho this Saturday for the Bigwater Blowout Salmon River Festival -  a full day of fun that signals the start of another season of the best whitewater rafting in the country.  Local outfitters will be offering discounted trips on the Salmon. With great spring runoff, the rapids should be extra thrilling. It will be a great day in the park too, with live music, food vendors, a beer garden and a dutch oven cookoff. 

For more information, go to www.bigwaterblowout.com

McCall Makes Top List of Paddling Towns in the US

In the July/August issue of Paddler Magazine, McCall has made the list of the top 13 towns in the United States for kayaking.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

"McCall is at the top of the watershed for both the Main Salmon and the Payette Rivers, two absolute whitewater classics. Both can be accessed within an hour, depending on the run, and offer the entire spectrum of skill levels at different put0ins and take-outs."

Plus, we have some of the finest open-water kayaking and canoeing in Idaho along miles of beautiful Payette Lake shoreline.

To read the complete article, click here.

Start of Summer Update

Summer has officially arrived and the season of fun McCall activities is in full swing. In the midst of budding flowers and the bevies of boats cruising across Payette Lake, the town is abuzz with all things summer. McCall recreation this time of year features many outdoor activities such as biking, boating, hiking and even mushroom-picking. Searching for gourmet morel mushrooms has become a favorite local pastime and this year McCall is teeming with them.

Warmer weather has also brought many changes for Alpine Village. Phase One is quickly taking shape and the transformation is amazing. We have begun attractive street improvements in front of the sales office, which will include landscaping and new sidewalks. Please come by the office at 3rd Street/Hwy 55 and Washington to see the scale model of the entire project’s planned streetscape.