This trip was to a secret cave in eastern Oregon where we rafted an underground lake, and to southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada were we visited three hot springs - Alvord Desert, The Bog, and White Horse.
Every year the Idaho State Department of Parks and Recreation has a free trail day where they waive the normal fees for parking and trail use across the entire state. The Idaho Outdoors Group volunteers to lead snowshoe trips on this day. I led this trip for the novice group. It was on the East side of the Gold Fork Park-N-Ski lot heading up towards the Skyline Yurt.
These are images from the 2009 Idaho Parks and Recreation Free Trail day. It was an intermediate trip led by Owen Jones. It started at Beaver Creek Summit and ended up at the Banner Ridge Park-N-Ski.
This trip was to the Honeycombs on Lake Owyhee. One group boated about 20 miles from the dam, one group boated about 20 miles from the Leslie Gulch boat ramp, and one group hiked in about five miles from Painted Canyon. Once camp was set up we did day hikes into the interior of the Honeycombs. Many thanks to Owen Jones for organizing the trip and Owen and Dave May for providing the boat rides.
This trip was to a secret hot springs in the Idaho desert. While the pool filled water we took a hike up and around the cliffs behind the hot springs. This hike was partly on the Centennial Trail and part off trail. These images are not up to my usual standards as they were taken with a Canon A590IS point and shoot with no post editing.
This trip was to the Honeycombs on Lake Owyhee. Because the water level was too low to use the Leslie Gulch boat ramp, both boats came in from Owyhee Dam. Once camp was set up we did day hikes into the interior of the Honeycombs. Many thanks to Owen Jones for organizing the trip and Owen and Dave May for providing the boat rides.
