A Lush Hike Up Windy Ridge Trail
The Windy Ridge Trail is often referred to as the 4th of July Trailhead because it starts off at the old 4th of July pack bridge arcing over the North … Read More
Winding Up the Rapid River Trail
The prairie sky taunted us with droplets of rain as I loaded my son and our gear in the truck. Thunderheads had rolled into Riggins the night before, and the … Read More
A Wet and Soggy Delight at Fish Creek Meadows
Heavy clouds carpeted the sky as the pups and I made our way down to Grangeville, ID. Uncharacteristically, I was on time to meet up with one of our Clearwater … Read More
Downriver and up the 201
I tapped Daniel, my foreign exchange student, on the elbow and pointed through the windshield as we crested the hill at Red Rock Road, heading east on Highway 162. This … Read More
Our Pete Ott Lake Adventure
The easiest way to access the Clearwater National Forest is along its rivers, but climbing a trail up and out of the river bed is grueling work. I’d heard from … Read More
Discovering the Selway River Trail
An inmate stepped into my office and quietly said, “So, I hear you’re a bit of an outdoorsman. A hiker?” He had my attention. “Yeah,” I said. “I run The … Read More
Heating up on the Cold Springs Trail
Click here to see the Cold Springs Trail Photo Album The Cold Springs Trail is the kind of trail I imagine when I think of hiking through the forest. Dappled … Read More
Marching Into Spring on the Westridge Trail
The Clearwater Trekkers have been on both the Westridge Trail and Merry’s Bay Trail before, so it seemed a fitting way to open the 2017 hiking season by doing them … Read More
Up, Up, Up the Downriver Trail
The Downriver Trail provides an impressive view of the Lochsa River and surrounding mountain ridges, which is nice since we were looking at that view for five hours while we … Read More