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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sally Ferguson, Idaho Trails Association (208) 871-1906; Jen Hensiek, U.S. Forest Service (208) 382-7460; Sylvia Cooper, Boise REI (208) 322-1141 Boise – Idaho’s hikers will delight in a new trails group. The mission of the Idaho Trails Association is to promote the continued enjoyment of Idaho’s hiking trails. One of ITA’s [...]

After a long winter and unusually cold, spring weather in Idaho, mountain hiking trails are starting to open up. Weather takes it’s toll on Idaho’s trails, with downed trees, run off, and other factors. In some cases we’re talking about many years worth of weather since the last time many of our trails were maintained. [...]

The first Saturday in June marks National Trails Day.  This is the day we celebrate hiking by giving back.  It’s the day we gather together, partner with trail managers and help take care of the trails that we use and enjoy. Indeed, many of Idaho’s hiking trails are still covered with snow right now, but [...]

On a beautiful summer day in the late 1990s, my father and I took a hike to Harrison Lake in the Selkirk Mountains outside of Sandpoint. I had just started to get into hiking and understood very little about who manages and takes care of the great hiking trails in our state. The only thing [...]