This 3-week trip is designed to provide volunteers with an opportunity to be completely immersed in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. We will backpack in, with pack support, and work to help clear a remote section of the Idaho Centennial Trail starting at Windy Saddle on the south end and ending at […]
In the Sawtooth Wilderness, ITA will be hosting a youth (ages 14-18) trail work project clearing up the Little Queens and Queens River Trails. We will camp at the Queens River trailhead, returning to camp each evening where we’ll have a volunteer cook to help prepare meals. Never a shortage […]
ITA’s Women in the Wild Program will be joining the Wood River Trails Coalition for a weekend project clearing trail high in the Smoky Mountains. We’ll car camp near Prairie Creek Trailhead where we’ll work up towards the lakes below Norton Peak (10,322’). Avalanche debris and fallen trees can make […]
Join ITA for a weekend of trail work near Wallace, Idaho as we work on the East Fork Lost Creek Trail. This trail follows the creek it's named after for several miles before climbing up to Bobtail Ridge. We’ll work on trail maintenance, removing logs and brushing through this beautiful […]
On this Women in the Wild Project, volunteers will continue ITA’s work on the Caton Lake Trail in the Boise National Forest. Starting from the Caton Lake/Rainbow Lake Trailhead, pack llamas will help bring in some of our gear and the crew will establish a backcountry primitive basecamp at Caton […]
In the Hells Canyon Wilderness, ITA will continue work from a project earlier in the season focused on working up from the Snake River, clearing and improving the Little Granite Trail. This July project will base camp at Hibbs Cow Camp on the well-known Seven Devils Loop trail, working downhill […]
This will be year three of ITA’s youth (ages 14-18) program working on the Loon Creek Trail, and we've worked on every section between Chinook Campground and Lick Creek Road. This year, we’ll start at the Secesh River Trailhead, and work north to tie in with where the crew left […]
Partnering with the Idaho Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, ITA is committing to help maintain the Lolo Trail National Historic Corridor. The Lolo Trail is the Nee Me Poo National Historic Trail plus the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and is about 90 miles long, […]
ITA will spend a week working and camping in the beautiful and remote Mallard Larkin Pioneer Area in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. These trails have become difficult to hike, with a lot of brush and downfall, and this area has many options for backpacking or horse packing trips that […]
This is ITA’s annual trail work project with the Sandpoint Monday Hikers group. Anyone is welcome to join for a day of trail work and hiking! We’ll clear logs and brush the Blacktail Lake Trail for several hours and then turn everyone loose to finish their hike to the ... Read More
Get out in the foothills and join us for an afternoon 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 tip-top shape all summer. ITA has adopted Hulls Gulch Interpretive ... Read More
In the Cabinet Mountains, we will work from the Moose Lake Trailhead up towards Moose Mountain (elevation 6,473). This trail has been severely overgrown the last few years and we will continue our progress removing trees and brushing so the trail is clear and visible for hikers. ITA has ... Read More
In partnership with the Great Burn Conservation Alliance (GBCA), volunteers will gather for a week of trail work in this proposed Wilderness area. We'll hike along Kelly Creek to our base camp in Hanson Meadows, and from here we will work on sections of the Hanson Ridge Trail. This section […]
ITA, Sawtooth Society, and the Sawtooth National Forest are partnering to help in a large puncheon replacement effort on the popular Alice-Toxaway loop, in the Sawtooth Wilderness. The work includes dismantling the old structure, importing rock to secure and level sills for the foundation, and nailing the decking in place. […]
Project Description: ITA and the Selway-Bitterroot Franck Church Foundation are partnering for a multiday project based out of Hells Half Acre Mountain (elevation 8110’) and working down into the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. We’ll work on the Grass Ridge Trail as it switchbacks down, following the ridge […]
Join ITA for a weekend of trail work on Center Ridge and French Creek Spur trails north of McCall. Some sections of this trail have become difficult to navigate due to heavy brush and logs blocking the trail and volunteers will work on opening it back up. We’ll car camp […]
We’ll work on clearing the Hughes Fork Trail from the Hughes Meadows Road up 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 Salmo-Priest […]
7/26 update! We'll be working on the Divide North and Divide South Trails starting form Nez Perce Pass. Camped at Fales Flat Campground. ITA will have an easy weekend project camping and working on the Scimitar Ridge Trail in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. We'll car camp near the trailhead, just […]
This fly-in 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, we work on clearing trails that form a loop through meadows, up and over ridges, and past several […]