Volunteer Project Schedule

Need a break from the hustle and bustle of Treefort? Get out in the foothills and join us for a morning of trail work! We’ll be working along the Hulls Gulch Interpretive Trail, fixing the tread and clearing drains after the muddy season to keep this popular trail in ... Read More

This is a very popular trail system on Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation land right on beautiful Lake Coeur d’Alene. The trail is short but needs work on some rocky patches. This will be our first trail project in northern Idaho of the 2023 season. Itinerary: Meeting at ... Read More

Volunteers will get a chance to explore the Gospel Hump Wilderness on this one-way backpacking project.  The crew will take a jet boat to Sheep Creek, where they will work their way up to Johnson Saddle, high over the Main Salmon River.  This trail winds around Butzien Butte and ... Read More

A lower elevation trail system that includes easy loops through forest terrain on the west side of Hayden Lake. Easy paved road access from US Highway 95. This is a great opportunity to come out early in the 2022 hiking season and learn about or polish up your trail ... Read More

ITA volunteers will cut out logs and brush on this trail along the upper western shore of beautiful Priest Lake in northern Idaho. There will be car camping available for those who would like to spend the night and enjoy the camaraderie.  Trail: Lakeshore Trail #294  Itinerary: The crew ... Read More

The goal of this project is to smooth over the sides and fill in the dugout of an illegally developed spring. While not trail work, this project adds value to our public lands adjacent to the Pole Creek Wilderness by restoring valuable riparian vegetation and habitat and is a ... Read More

This is a fly-in trip into some of the most remote country in the lower 48 for a week of backpacking and trail work along Big Creek. The crew will fly into the Cabin Creek backcountry airstrip, in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and split into ... Read More

Join us for National Trails Day to work on the Station Creek Trail outside Garden Valley. This trail starts across the street from the Forest Service ranger station and climbs up to 4,700 feet for an amazing view. This popular trail is also known for its stunning wildflowers.   Trail:  ... Read More

Join us on National Trails Day for a project working to improve the Campbell Creek Ridge Trail which climbs up towards Slate Mountain (6,929’) in the Bannock Range. Volunteers will be working up the ridge, removing brush, and cleaning out drains to keep this trail in good shape for ... Read More

Join us on National Trails Day, where ITA and Ridge to Rivers will partner to work on The Grove Trail near the Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center. We will be importing materials to help make this an ADA-accessible loop. This includes moving wheelbarrows of gravel into the project site ... Read More

On National Trails Day, we’ll work on this very popular 3.5-mile hiking trail right outside of the town of Sandpoint, Idaho. Mickinnick gains 2,200 feet from the valley bottom to reach a beautiful viewpoint far above the city.  Trail: Mickinnick #13  Itinerary: The crew leader will specify meeting time ... Read More

Volunteers will spend a week in the rugged Idaho backcountry working on opening the South Fork Blackmare Cutoff trail. The crew will be packed into a base camp near Blackmare Creek and work up the trail each day. Surrounded by jagged ridges between Blackmare, White Rock, and Square Top ... Read More

On Cuddy Mountain northwest of Council, ITA will be spending a weekend working on the Grouse Creek-Grizzly Creek Trail. Volunteers will work on improving the trail tread and brushing to ensure proper width and slope. This trail yields continuous and stunning views across Hells Canyon of the Eagle Cap ... Read More

Join us for a five-day backpacking project clearing the upper portion of the Selway River Trail in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness.  This brushing project will start where crews the week before left off and will work downriver as far as possible. The goal is to make it to Shearer ... Read More

The ITA northern Idaho “Backpacking 101” clinic will provide a chance for new and experienced backpackers to get together and share ideas on how to better enjoy this sport. The clinic will include an overnight backpack to Plowboy Campground on the scenic west shore of Upper Priest Lake. We’ll ... Read More

In a backcountry adventure, this extended project (nine days!) will fly crews into the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness to work on a remote section of the Idaho Centennial Trail. Volunteers will fly into Shearer Backcountry Airstrip on the Selway River. From here, they will work the Ditch Creek trail, then ... Read More

Join us for a week along the beautiful Little North Fork of the Clearwater. We’ll be staying at a car camp at the end of the road and hiking the trail each day as we work up the river. The trail starts at about 3,600 feet elevation and goes ... Read More

This is ITA’s annual clean-up of the Hum Lake Trail.  We’ll remove any trees that have fallen on the trail over the winter and clear out drains and water bars as we go.  This popular trail offers amazing views, beautiful lakes, and abundant wildflowers. There is also excellent camping ... Read More

The upper Beehive Lake is described as one of the more spectacular lakes in the Selkirk Mountains. The 4-mile trail up to the lake gains about 2,000’ of elevation and leads to a beautiful alpine basin. Work will include cutting trees off the trail, removing brush, and repairing tread.    ... Read More

Meyers Cove is a remote but popular access point into the Frank Church Wilderness and ITA has been working in this area for several years. This year, crews will have their personal gear packed into a backcountry primitive camp up West Fork Camas Creek. From here we’ll work up ... Read More

Meyers Cove is a remote but popular access point to the Frank Church Wilderness, and ITA has been working in this area for several years. This year, two volunteers will have the chance to work and ride with a Forest Service packer, Raina Phillips, for a week. The crew ... Read More

Volunteers will be working on clearing logs and brush around part of the stunning trail system that circles the Seven Devils Mountains in the Hells Canyon Wilderness.  This trail goes up and over ridges and past high mountain lakes. Steep climbs are rewarded with panoramic views, and you might ... Read More

This backpacking 101 project will provide a chance for new and experienced backpackers to get together and share ideas on how to better enjoy this sport. We will be working on the Marsh Creek Trail in the Frank Chruch River of No Return Wilderness. We'll pack up together at ... Read More

Starting from the top of Wellington Creek Road, we’ll do three days of tread work, brushing, and sawing out logs along a 5-mile section of the Idaho Centennial Trail. This beautiful alpine trail stays high all the way as it heads north to Trestle Peak. After work, a short ... Read More

This 3-week wilderness project is a first for ITA. We’ll fly to Chamberlain Basin in the heart of the huge Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in central Idaho and backpack to some of the most remote country in the lower 48 states. We’ll be resupplied by pack ... Read More

For those looking for a remote wilderness experience, this project will take volunteers high into the mountains above the Salmon River to spend a week in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. This is a fully supported trip and we’ll have pack stock to assist bringing in ... Read More

Continuing efforts over the last few years and earlier this season, ITA volunteers will continue to chip away at opening the Queens River loop in the Sawtooth Wilderness near Atlanta, Idaho. Volunteers will be packed into a backcountry base camp near Nanny Creek on the Queens River trail. On ... Read More

On the west side of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, volunteers will spend a week in the backcountry opening up the Indian Creek Trail. This trail follows the creek through meadows and hot springs and sits below several peaks of the Salmon River Mountains. It’s a ... Read More

We’ll spend five days on a backpacking project in the northern end of Idaho working with a US Forest Service crew. We’ll do tread work and brushing on Trail #53 which goes up and on past Grouse Mountain. The trail passes through high meadows and offers great views. Volunteers ... Read More

A four-day project in the beautiful upper North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. We’ll remove logs, cut brush, and do some tread work on this scenic National Recreation Trail that follows the river. We’ll stay in a great car camping area that has lots of tent sites, a ... Read More

In partnership with the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, volunteers will spend a weekend maintaining trails in the Idaho City Yurt System. This area is known for its scenic views and wide variety of recreational activities. In the evening, volunteers have been invited to stay in a yurt ... Read More

For this project on the south end of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, we will have volunteers packed into the wilderness for five days of trail work. The crew will camp at the meadow where Ibex Creek runs into the East Fork Mayfield Creek, working to ... Read More

In partnership with the Great Burn Conservation Alliance, volunteers will gather for a week of trail work in this proposed wilderness. North of Highway 12 along the Montana border, where the famous 1910 fires burned. This trail follows Kelly Creek to our base camp in Hanson Meadows, and from ... Read More

In partnership with the Sandpoint Monday Hikers group, we’ll do brushing and tread work for several hours and then turn the hikers loose to finish their walk to the lake and beyond.  Anyone is welcome to join for a day of trail work and hiking!   Trail: Blacktail Lake Trail ... Read More

After a beautiful drive to Lunch Peak Lookout, we’ll work for 3 days north on Trail #67, which is part of the Idaho Centennial Trail. As we work along the top of the divide, there are beautiful views of the Purcell and Selkirk Mountains.   Trail:  Pend Oreille Divide Trail ... Read More

Volunteers will be working alongside the Forest Service for a weeklong project in the Sawtooth Wilderness replacing puncheons along Petit Creek Trail. This is part of a multi-week/multi-partner group project to improve and replace trail structures on the popular Alice/Toxaway Loop the Sawtooth Wilderness. This is a fully supported ... Read More

On this project, ITA volunteers will backpack into the Gospel Hump Wilderness to tie in with where an ITA crew left off last year.  Starting from the north this year, the trail follows Lake Creek through the canyon, past Fish Lake.   Trail:  Lake Creek Trail #204  Itinerary:  Meet at ... Read More

We’ll clear trail #312 from the Hughes Meadows Road up the Hughes Fork Trail to the top of the ridge. It has been many years since this trail has been logged out, so we’ll get to do lots of crosscut work as we travel up the valley into the ... Read More

In partnership with Ridge to Rivers, volunteers will spend a morning clearing brush on the Shingle Creek and/or Dry Creek Trails. Deep in the Boise Foothills, these trails travel through desert and riparian areas and climb up into the trees. The creeks here are home to a multitude of ... Read More

On this weeklong fully supported project, crews will have the unique opportunity to access the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness from the west. To work on this incredibly remote section of the Idaho Centennial Trail, volunteers will travel off the McGruder Corridor Road to the Windy Saddle Trailhead. From here we’ll ... Read More

In the rugged mountains south of the Seven Devils, volunteers will pack into a base camp in the Six Lakes Basin for a week of trail maintenance. We’ll work on trails from our camp which make up several loop options for backpackers to access the Hells Canyon Wilderness. Some ... Read More

Join ITA for a two-day project on the Campbell Creek Ridge Trail which climbs up towards Slate Mountain (6,929’) in the Bannock Range. Volunteers, working alongside Forest Service, will be rerouting the trail to ensure sustainable and user-friendly access to the Pocatello Foothills.   Trail: Campbell Creek Ridge #020  Itinerary: ... Read More

Volunteers will spend the weekend working out of Wilderness Gateway off Highway 12 and the Lochsa River. This is a popular access point to the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness and we’ll work on the Lochsa Peak Trail. This section is part of the Idaho Centennial Trail, but instead of thru-hiking, ... Read More

On the Idaho/Montana border, ITA volunteers will work their way up toward Nez Perce Peak (7,356ft). We will car camp together just below the pass, taking in the panoramic views of the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness to the north and the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to the ... Read More

Volunteers will spend five days backpacking in the remote southern Seven Devils Mountains in the Hells Canyon Wilderness. Some of these trails have not seen maintenance for several years.  We’ll work down Horse Heaven Trail past Emerald Lake and then up towards Oxbow Saddle.   Trail:  Black Lake/Horse Heaven Trail ... Read More

High above the beautiful Federally designated Wild and Scenic St. Joe River, we’ll work an 11-mile loop that goes up Bacon Creek, over a high pass, then back down Bean Creek to the St. Joe. This is beautiful and seldom visited backcountry in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. From ... Read More

This project will drop volunteers deep in the backcountry for a week of backpacking and trail work in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.  Starting from Cold Meadows backcountry airstrip, the crew will work on clearing a loop that goes through meadows, up and over ridges, and ... Read More

A three-day weekend project to work on the part of Trail #311 inside the Salmo-Priest Wilderness Area. We’ll camp at the cars and do a 2-mile walk to work each morning. This trail is part of the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. Most of our work will be logging ... Read More

Tenmile Creek is a remote trailhead off the old Sourdough Lookout Road and leads into the Gospel Hump Wilderness. The trail makes a gradual climb along the creek through dense thickets and open meadows, then makes a dramatic climb up the granite face to Bear Grass Ridge. We’ll work ... Read More

In the Trinity Mountains, the Rainbow Basin Trail is a non-motorized trail that winds through the Rainbow Basin and leads to nine lakes carved out by glaciers. This area has a variety of wildlife and rainbow and cutthroat trout can be found in the lakes, stocked by the Idaho ... Read More

Join us for a fall day of work on parts of the 20-mile-long Timber Mountain trail in the Bonners Ferry Ranger District. The trail is in a scenic area with lots of history and an old mining settlement. We’ll focus on parts of the trail needing repair.   Trail: Timber ... Read More

On National Public Lands Day, we’ll work this scenic trail that heads up to Chimney Rock on the Selkirk Mountains crest. The bottom parts of the trail always need lots of brushing and the upper parts will need to have logs removed and tread rebuilt. Fall colors should be ... Read More

Join us for a National Public Lands Day volunteer trail work project on the North Fork Gibson Trail. This lush riparian trail follows the creek up toward Elk Meadows. If folks are up to it, we may hike the loop back to cars, stopping at Gibson Mountain to take ... Read More

Join us for National Public Lands Day in the Little Jacks Creek Wilderness Area! Volunteers will spend a day working on the trailhead at Purjue Canyon Trail. Volunteers will assist Bureau of Land Management personnel on improvements to the parking area, fencing and a foot bridge.  ITA has been ... Read More

In partnership with the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, we’ll be repairing some of the most frequently used and well-loved trails in the Dry Creek Watershed. Tread repair and pruning will be conducted along Ponderosa Pine Overlook and the Snowshoe Hare Loop. Spend this National Public Lands Day ... Read More

In partnership with the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, we’ll be repairing some of the most frequently used and well-loved trails in the Dry Creek Watershed. Tread repair and pruning will be conducted along Ponderosa Pine Overlook and the Snowshoe Hare Loop. Enjoy a fall day surrounded by ... Read More