MT & ID News & Updates
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We are thrilled to offer about a dozen volunteer trail projects in Montana and Idaho this year. Join CDTA for a day trip, weekend trip or week-long project. There are many options to choose from. Sign up early – some projects are already full!
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TRAIL ANGEL: Mike Strang in Lima, MT
Article by Nick Gevock, Staff Writer for The Montana Standard
Eric White arrived to the tiny burg of Lima, MT like most other long-range hikers on the Continental Divide Trail. His food was running low. He stank. And his clothes – the few he brought on the summer-long hike – were filthy.
But White, a retired orthopedic surgeon from Williamstown, MA, found an oasis along the trail in a respite that hikers have come to rely on to rejuvenate.
Mike Strang, owner of the Mountain View Motel here, picked the 67-year-old White up at the trailhead up Big Sheep Creek more than 30 miles from town for a night’s sleep in a bed. Click here to read the rest fo the story.
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Hiking “The Bob” this summer?
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is a strong CDTA trail partner in Montana. The BMWF publishes trail condition updates throughout the summer. Check out the latest conditions – updated weekly beginning mid June.
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New Wilderness Proposal in Montana
CDTA supports the Wilderness designations that affect the CDNST in the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009 introduced by Senator John Tester. Click here to read the PDF version of the bill.
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Spandex and Leather Working Together on the CDNST
Big thanks to the hikers, horsemen (and women) and mountain bike volunteers that invested their time – and not to mention muscle – to help build some new trail on the divide. The High Divide Trails collaboration is a success story to learn from! Check out this great article by Martin Kidston in the Helena Independent Record. Article: Continental Collaboration