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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The most recent volunteer trail work session was a resounding success with 23 people digging into maintenance tasks on Lane’s Trail in Adams Gulch. Trail Adopters, The Elephant’s Perch, and partners to the project, the Wood River Bicycle Coalition, Sawtooth National Forest – Ketchum Ranger District, and the BCRD, pulled together to promote the event…

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Cold temperatures and a few snow flakes couldn’t slow the trail volunteers who showed up last Wednesday night to work on Sunnyside Trail in Adams Gulch. The Sawtooth Brewery, adopter of Sunnyside Trail, and the Wood River Bicycle Coalition, Sawtooth Back Country Horsemen, Ketchum Ranger District – Sawtooth National Forest, and the BCRD came together…

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On Wednesday evening, May 10th, thirteen volunteers performed maintenance on the BLM Punchline Trail. The Wood River Bicycle Coalition and the Sawtooth Back Country Horsemen hosted the work session. Punchline, a bicycle flow-trail. was built, in 2011. The trail includes rocky technical portions up high, and sweeping banked-turns and jumps on the lower areas of the…

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On Wednesday the Wood River Bicycle Coalition hosted a successful volunteer trail maintenance night on the Bullion Connector Trail. The event was attended by 13 volunteers and one crew leader. After a safety briefing and a discussion about the work to be performed the crew got to work. The tone of the evening was not all work, work,…

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There are now a total of 5 volunteer trail work events scheduled in May. They are on Wednesday evenings. This is a great time of year to be working on the trails, as we have good moisture for digging and compacting soils, and people are often a little more available to volunteer now. As the BCRD…

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