Hello, and welcome to our events schedule. Listed below are many opportunities for stewardship, education, and just plain fun. Many of the entries feature an easy-to-use online registration form that allows you to sign up and notifies the event leader of your intention to attend.
If you are looking for our hike schedule, click here.
NOTE: IF YOU SIGN UP FOR AN EVENT AND LATER CHANGE YOUR MIND FOR ANY REASON, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN FILL YOUR SPOT WITH OTHERS WHO ARE ON OUR WAITING LIST.
To cancel, or if your chosen event is full and you wish to be on a waiting list, e-mail info@scotchmanpeaks.org
Thank you for your consideration.
Ross Creek Crossing at the South Fork
Three Rivers Ranger District wants to rebuild the crossing on Ross Creek Trail #142 at the intersection with South Fork Ross Creek Trail #321. A big cedar tipped across the creek a few hundred yards upstream of the current wading spot might provide an opportunity for crossing with dry feet. Come help carve some new tread!
40th Annual Huckleberry Festival
FSPW will be on hand at this year’s 40th Annual Huckleberry Festival on August 9- 11 and we could use your help. FSPW needs volunteers to share their Scotchman Peaks adventures with locals and tourists alike while providing information on local hikes, stewardship projects, and volunteer opportunities. The Huckleberry Festival is a wonderful event full of colorful characters that need to …
East Fork Creek and East Fork Peak
This one-day project in the National Forest Foundation Treasured Landscape of Lightning Creek will entail brushing, clearing blowdowns, tread work and an assessment of building a new creek crossing from East Fork Creek Trail #134 to East Fork Peak Trail #563. The old crossing to #563 is far upstream of where it needs to be, and we hope to move …
Morris Creek Trail End Game
Morris Creek Trail # 132 in the National Forest Foundation’s Treasured Landscape of Lightning Creek is in pretty good shape down low, thanks to annual visits from FSPW trail crews. Now the upper end needs some attention. The crew will “go deep” for some brushing and tread work in the upper Morris Creek Basin. We’ll also take our crosscut for …
Goat Mountain Rebuild, September 7, 8 and 28.
Goat Mountain Trail #35 in the Lightning Creek Treasured Landscape is in shambles; braided, steep and unsustainable. FSPW crews will begin rebuilding the trail with three days of heavy maintenance beginning on the weekend of September 7 and 8 and concluding on National Public Lands Day on September 28. Sign up for one, two or all three. Because of years …
East Fork Peak Trail #563
This trail in the National Forest Foundation Lightning Creek Treasured Landscape gets a minimum of use because its kind of hard to find. Our job on this day is to make it easier to find and then easier to use. First, we will reform the East Fork Creek Crossing from trial #135 and then, we will cut brush and repair …
Wilderness & Remote First Aid and CPR/AED Certification Course
Do you know what to do if you’re out in the Scotchmans (or anywhere an hour or more from help) and part of your group gets sick or injured? Let FSPW help! FSPW is offering a 2-day Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid Certification course in Sandpoint. The course is $60, just enough to cover the cost of materials …
Wilderness & Remote First Aid and CPR/AED Certification Course
Do you know what to do if you’re out in the Scotchmans (or anywhere an hour or more from help) and part of your group gets sick or injured? Let FSPW help! We are offering a 2-day Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid Certification course in Sandpoint. The course is $60, just enough to cover the cost of materials …