[at-l] Winter Hiking in Idaho

[cmcnabb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher McNabb)]

 On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 14:27, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
> When I lived up there Craters Of The Moon NM was always a good spot for
> cross country skiing. I understand they have a groomed 7 mile trail now,
> which is really the loop road and you can go off trail as desired. They have
> a campground too but I don't know if it is open during the winter. The
> terrain is outstanding with all the volcanic formations. Skiing among the
> splatter cones is different.
>

Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember Craters of the Moon.  I did
the INEEL bus ride for three years when I was stationed out there in the
Navy.  Wasn't much into hiking/backpacking back then, but did do a bit
of x-country skiing in the Caribou Nat'l Forest, Tetons, and around
Jackson Hole Wyo.

I did spot a trail on the BLM web page that had my name written all over
it - The McNabb Trail.  Apparantly it even has a Yurt shelter at the end
of it.  It appears to be avalanche prone, though, so I may have to think
twice about that one.

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