ongoing projects
Trail use monitoring
In the Summer of 2021, WRTC in partnership with the Ketchum Ranger District Trails Program and the Environmental Resource Center, conducted a summer trail use survey to better understand usership patterns and obtain up-to-date data on our valley’s hiking, biking, and riding trails.
Click here to learn more and watch a presentation on the 2021 data.
In 2022, with support from the Spur Community Foundation and the Valley's trail community, WRTC was able to purchase additional trail counting devices (infrared trail counters) and increase the scope of our Trail Monitoring Program.
Click here to learn more and watch a presentation on the 2022 data.
Click here to read the 2022 End of Season Trail Monitoring Report.
Professional trail crew support
The U.S. Forest Service - Ketchum Ranger District (KRD) has more than 400 miles of single-track trail for a wide variety of users, from hikers to mountain bikers, equestrians to dirt bikes. The KRD lacks the appropriate annual funding to adequately finance a trail crew for routine maintenance and new trail projects. Without predictable federal funding, the Forest Service struggles to keep up with the constant workload and backlog of trail maintenance.
This is where the Wood River Trails Coalition comes in. One of our focus areas is financially supporting our local land management agencies’ trail crews so they can worry less about money and more about digging in the dirt! Our goal is to give our land management agencies the financial security to plan for years in advance with trail projects, routine maintenance and hiring crew members.
Currently, the WRTC has a Collection Agreement with the Sawtooth National Forest – Ketchum Ranger District for $40,000/year to fund multiple trail crew member positions.
Click HERE to view the Ketchum Ranger District Annual Reports.