Padle Festival

Paddle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,270 at the 2010 census, up from 1,421 at the 2000 census.

2019 marks the 71st anniversary of Paddle, the nation's oldest whitewater festival and Salida's signature event. Since 1949, every June during the Spring snow runoff, Salida has hosted FIBArk, "First in Boating on the Arkansas."