Past Projects
Samson’s rampage
Winding through the scenic slopes of Croy Canyon, the new Samson’s Rampage Trail offers a sweeping wide-open experience for all trail users. Designed primarily for motorized use, the trail delivers a beginner-to-intermediate challenge for dirt bikers and an intermediate-to-advanced ride for mountain bikers looking to grunt up the climbs. Trail runners and hikers will enjoy a South Valley trail with some “punchy” climbs that will keep you on your toes (literally!)
Stretching 5.5 miles between 5,792 and 6,410 feet in elevation, this singletrack offers medium exposure, and grades averaging 10% with occasional steep pitches up to 25%. Riders will enjoy sweeping canyon views, stretches of solitude, and the physical challenge of sustained climbs and descents.
GREENHORN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
In 2024, we completed Phase 1 of the Greenhorn Improvements Project. Through our partnership with the Ketchum Ranger District, and with funding from the American Trails Legacy Trails Program, we were able to remove two bridges and reroute the main Greenhorn Trail and the Imperial Trail to create a more sustainable entry to the popular trail network.
ADAM’S GULCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS TRAIL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
In 2021 we joined forces with the National Forest Foundation and Higher Ground to help the Ketchum Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest to extend and improve Forbidden Fruit Trail for a better adaptive mountain bike experience, replace and/or rebuild the current trail bridges along Adam's Gulch Trail and improve the current trailhead area.
2021 TRAIL USE SURVEY
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 info on our valley’s hiking, biking, and riding trails.
ALDEN GULCH
In 2018, the WRTC teamed up with the Sawtooth National Forest - Ketchum Ranger District, National Forest Foundation and Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation to reconstruct 4.7 miles of Alden Gulch Trail #144. The trail had been essentially destroyed by the Beaver Creek Fire in 2013 and subsequent debris flows due to major rain events in the weeks after the fire.