🌲 Last chance to support Idaho’s trails! 🌲

Our ITA Membership Drive ends tonight at midnight, and we’re so close to our goal thanks to our many amazing supporters. This is your final opportunity to join or renew and be part of the community that shows up for trail stewardship, volunteer crews, and access to the places we all love.

Your membership makes a real, on-the-ground difference—clearing trails, building community, and protecting Idaho’s outdoor spaces for the year ahead.

Join or renew before midnight and help us finish strong!

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Donate to our Membership Drive before the end of the year and you’ll be entered to win one of three awesome prizes:
1. A Mystery Ranch 90L Mission Duffle Bag plus a set of three Mystery Ranch Zoid Bags (a $300 value)
2. A pair of Lookout Pass lift tickets
3. Four Spokane Chiefs Hockey Club tickets
Your donation helps support trail stewardship, volunteer crews, and access to Idaho’s trails—and comes with a chance to win something fun, too.
Give before year’s end to support the trails you love and be entered to win!

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Thanks to your support in 2025, more volunteers showed up, more trail projects took place, and ITA crews cleared more miles of trail than ever before.

What began as just two projects fifteen years ago has grown into 98 projects completed this year—a testament to the power of community.

Join us in 2026 as we continue to make a difference for trails across the state! Our Membership Drive ends in just a few days and we’d love your support as we work to keep trails open.

https://idahotrailsassociation.org/campaigns/2025-membership-drive/

As a thank-you to our supporters, anyone who donates $100 or more during the ITA Annual Membership Drive will receive our ITA 2026 12-month wall calendar!

The calendar features some of our favorite photos from 2025 trail projects, showcasing the incredible backcountry places your support helps care for. It’s a year’s worth of trail inspiration—and a reminder of the impact you’re making for Idaho’s trails.

Supplies are limited, so be sure to donate soon if you’d like one. Thank you for being part of the ITA community!

https://idahotrailsassociation.org/campaigns/2025-membership-drive/

Happy Holidays from your friends at Idaho Trails Association!

As the year wraps up and Idaho’s trails settle in for winter, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to our amazing supporters, donors, members, and volunteers. Because of you, trails were cleared, miles were reopened, new stewards found their stride, and countless memories were made out on Idaho’s public lands.

We hope your holidays are filled with warmth, good company, and maybe even a snowy (fingers crossed!) trail or two. Here’s to rest, reflection, and dreaming up new adventures for the year ahead.

With gratitude and holiday cheer,
The ITA Board & Staff

Win a cozy winter getaway to Burgdorf Hot Springs! ♨️❄️
Need a little motivation to give back (and warm up)? Anyone who donates to Idaho Trails Association’s Membership Drive between December 22–28 will be automatically entered to win a pair of tickets to Burgdorf Hot Springs—one of Idaho’s most iconic backcountry soaks. Imagine relaxing in steaming pools, surrounded by snow, knowing your support helped keep Idaho’s trails open and accessible.
Your gift fuels trail maintenance, volunteer projects, education, and advocacy across the state—and this week, it could also earn you a well-deserved soak.
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@burgdorfhotsprings

This past spring, a small but mighty ITA crew took on a big challenge deep in the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness. Five ITA volunteers and one cook, alongside one Forest Service trail crew leader, jet-boated and flew to a remote stretch of the Salmon River Trail to help repair a section that had been hammered by severe washouts and rockslides. Heavy erosion, caused by intense rainstorms within the footprint of the 2023 Elkhorn Fire, had wiped out large segments of trail between Bargamin Creek and Rattlesnake Creek.

This section of trail is part of the Idaho Centennial Trail and serves as a vital corridor through the heart of the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness. The trail links historic homesteads, guest ranches, and sandy river beaches—iconic places that would become far harder to reach without a passable trail.

The ITA crew was joined by Nez Perce–Clearwater National Forest Trail Specialist Noel Payne, who guided volunteers through the technical work required to rebuild the trail. Together, they rolled enormous rocks into washed-out channels, constructed rubble walls to restore the tread, and used grip hoists and cables to move boulders weighing thousands of pounds. Remote work in designated wilderness requires expertise in using non-mechanized tools, and Noel’s technical skillset was essential to this project.

On remote trails like this, major damage can quickly spiral into permanent loss. Without timely intervention, erosion worsens, users disappear, and entire routes can fade back into the landscape. Thanks to ITA and partners like the Selway Bitterroot–Frank Church Foundation, who also worked several hitches in this area, this trail has a fighting chance.

Looking ahead, ongoing cuts to federal trail funding and Forest Service trail staff put more trails at risk than ever before. As we plan for 2026, we’re facing a growing mountain of work. Will you stand with us? Your support helps make projects like this possible—and keeps Idaho’s most wild and meaningful trails from slipping away. Donate today during ITA’s Annual Membership Drive to help us save Idaho’s trails!
👉See link in our profile to learn more about becoming a member.

🎁Today is the last day to order items (and get free shipping!) from our store for delivery before Christmas! 🎁

We've got Frank Church Wilderness Maps, packable hats, tote bags, stickers, beanies, Zoid bags, and NoSo patches. Treat yo self (or your loved ones) to some awesome gifts!

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💪Women in the Wild volunteer spotlight! 💪

"The Women in the Wild Project was unique in that I felt supported and equal on the trail! Everyone was capable, helpful and friendly. I even met up with one of the trail-maintenance women to give her a knitting lesson! I think people who hike are special and each one has a reason to be out in the wild.”- Jeanne, about her first Women in the Wild project.

After joining her first ITA day project on the McKinnick Trail a few years ago, Jeanne was “exhausted but elated,” hooked on the joy of hard work, shared purpose, and meeting fellow hikers. Since then, she’s returned year after year for projects at English Point and fell in love with our Women in the Wild weekend at Priest Lake this past year, where she learned crosscut saw skills, connected deeply with other women, and found community both on and off the trail. A former educator and proud 72-year-old adventurer, she’s committed to continuing her volunteer work for as long as she can—and we are so grateful to have her passion, kindness, and trail wisdom in our ITA family.

Trail Spotlight!
If you’re looking for a short but unforgettable adventure in the heart of the Magic Valley, the Mogensen Trail delivers big scenery in a small package. Tucked beside the Snake River in Twin Falls, this 2-mile round-trip hike packs in dramatic canyon walls, sweeping Snake River views, and some of the most iconic sights in southern Idaho.

👉 See link in our profile to read all about it.