Snowhole Rapids WSA

General Location 
8 miles (air) southwest of Cottonwood, Idaho

Natural Features 
20-miles long and one-half mile wide, astride the Salmon River from American Bar to just below China Rapids; steep, rocky river canyons with numerous perennial and intermittent streams. Elevations range from 3,800 feet in the Mahoney Creek drainage to 1,200 feet at the Salmon River.

Grasses with occasional pockets of trees on the north and east facing slopes, and scattered shrubs and herbaceous species. Mule deer, white-tailed deer, and chukar partridge are quite common. Summer steelhead trout (threatened), Chinook salmon (threatened), sockeye salmon (endangered) and white sturgeon occupy the river along with other non-native species such as smallmouth bass.

Acres 
5,068