Idaho Wilderness Trail – 300 miles (give or take) 27 days

[Thomas G]

Billed as “the most remote and wild long-distance trail in the Lower 48,” the 300 mile Idaho Wilderness Trail runs the length of Idaho’s 3 major wilderness areas: the Selway-Bitterroot, the Frank Church/River of No Return, and the Sawtooths.   It could be a good option for a long trail in a snowy season (like this one!) since it never gets above about 9000 feet.  My son and I did this hike last fall.   Here is a link to my trip report

and one to my son’s

We will be doing a Zoom presentation May 10 2023 with the Idaho Conservation League. I will post a link once it is established.

[Thomas G]

Link for the webinar

https://www.idahoconservation.org/event/idaho-wilderness-trail-webinar-online/

 

[Mark Wetherington]

Thanks a lot for posting this, I’ve done a lot of hiking in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and a bit in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time looking at maps and plotting out long-distance point-to-point hikes. I’m excited to see this webinar!

[Thomas G]

Sounds great.  Would be cool to learn more about the Selway Bitterroot from you.  Still feels like terra incognita to us.

[Glen L]

You have some gorgeous country there. That is so cool.

[jscott]

It IS gorgeous. However all that bushwhacking…yowza.

[Glen L]

Totally agree and though bushwhacking and tough navigation is the most fun I can imagine, what the OP did is extreme on several levels. Long time ago we had a mapping project up in the Primitive Wilderness north of Challis. There at that airport we met the ground crew who got around in there with a helicopter. The country is amazingly remote and super rugged on large scales. BTW, at the airport was the most amazing outfitters store with every kind of backpacking, camping, hunting, fishing equipment etc anyone could imagine. Wonder if that is still there.

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