Finding Inspiration on Fish Creek Trail
Difficulty: Moderate Best Seasons: Spring through Fall Fees: None Photo Album
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
Catching Up to Myself on Chateau Rock
It’s at the end of the map that I find the end of myself. Such are the moments in my life when I truly know where I am in this … 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
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