A Beautifully Wet Weekend An Overnight Hike to Stanley Hot Springs
Difficulty: Moderate Best Seasons: Spring through Fall Fees: None Downloadable USGS Topo Maps: Huckleberry Butte
Storms & Stories at Kirkwood Ranch Our overnight hike to Kirkwood Ranch in Hells Canyon
Directions Difficulty: Easy to moderate Best Seasons: Early spring or early fall Fees: None Downloadable USGS Topo Maps: Kirkwood Creek The Nez Perce Indians called the area of Kirkwood Bar home … Read More
My Gear List for Backpacking to Kirkwood Ranch
It’s our first big outing of the season, and an overnighter at that, so I thought I would create a gear list for this weekend’s hike out to Kirkwood Ranch … Read More
Crystal Lake Trail #299: The Knee Breaker
Trailhead Coordinates: 45.656273, -115.650857 Elevation Low: 7400 ft High: 8600 ft Gains: 1560 ft (one way) Distance: 6.8 miles (one way) Difficulty: Difficult Best Seasons: Summer Maps USGS Topo Map Quadrangle: North … Read More
Warming Up at Stanley Hot Springs
Apparently, 40% is betting odds for rain in the Lochsa. But there was nothing ominous about the clouds that sat low on the mountaintops and graced us with a light, … Read More
Getting Close to Crystal Lake
Trailhead Coordinates: 45.656273, -115.650857 Elevation Low: 7400 ft High: 8600 ft Gains: 1560 ft (one way) Distance: 7 miles (one way) Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Best Seasons: Late Spring to … Read More
Exploring the Heart of the Mallard Larkins Pioneer Area
The Mallard Larkins Roadless Area consists of 260,000 acres between the St. Joe River in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest and the Clearwater and North Fork Rivers in the Clearwater … Read More