On Thursday night, Sept. 27, six volunteers took part in the final BCRD Adopt-A-Trail Night of the 2018 season. Making repairs to the BLM Lake Creek Trailhead footbridge was the project. The BLM‘s John Kurtz and Mike Houser brought the materials and tools, and they had all the replacement boards pre-drilled and cut to length.…
Month: September 2018
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Alden Rebuild
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
The temperature was in the low twenties and it was breezy as 15 workers gathered recently for an early morning briefing near the mouth of the newly rebuilt Alden Gulch Trail. Crew members with the Ketchum Ranger District and the Idaho Conservation Corps formed a circle and discussed the day’s work, then they headed up; hiking five…
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Greenhorn Volunteers
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
Fifteen volunteers recently worked in Greenhorn Gulch on the Greenhorn Trail. A BCRD Adopt-A-Trail event on Tuesday, September 11th brought workers together to perform maintenance on portions of the trail that had become heavily sloped to the side. The excessive outsloping made walking on the trail difficult. The volunteers dug into the trail tread and reshaped…
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Deer Creek Beckons
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
Many areas burned hot in the 2103 Beaver Creek Fire. Since then, the Ketchum Ranger District and its partners have been working hard to rebuild the facilities lost during the fire. Last year saw a huge push from the KRD Trail Crew on the reconstruction of the Deer Creek trails. The Kinsey Creek Trail 319…