Flooding took out several footbridges along the Fox Creek Trail this spring, and a reroute was built on Saturday to avoid two of the problematic crossings. Originally, consideration was given to replacing the bridges, to help preserve the stream-side character of the impacted section of trail. But the original trail alignment was too low and…

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Last winter’s snows crushed trees and left the trails in the valley crisscrossed with timber. Some of that wood is big, and requires chainsaws to remove, but a lot of the trees are little and green. Snow-loads often bend such saplings into trail travel-ways. Removing these smaller trees requires lighter tools, but it still takes quite…

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Volunteers with Far Back Outdoors performed maintenance on their adopted trail, Oregon Gulch Trail, on Sunday, June 11. Far Back Outdoors is a group of friends who are avid hunters and outdoors-people. They enjoy the back country and are passionate about its responsible use. Last year they heard about our local adopt-a-trail program and decided…

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Sun Summit has been the long-time adopter of the Fox Creek Trail, and last Wednesday evening the store brought another 20 volunteers out to work on the trail. About 20 years ago, I recall being involved in another Sun Summit sponsored volunteer work session on Fox Creek. Back then, the Ketchum Ranger District (KRD) was…

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Just a few weeks ago we were seeing water flowing down Shadyside Trail. This was run-off from our winter’s large snow-pack. The Ketchum Ranger District (KRD) Trail Crew quickly addressed the problem on Shadyside with the installation of some crude drains. The rough drains did the trick and got the water off of the trail,…

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