A rafter runs through Ladle Rapids on the Selway River in this 2013 file photo. Two rafters died during a whitewater trip on the Selway last weekend, according to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Department ...

KETCHUM — A team made up of Idaho Conservation League staff and Central Idaho Wilderness Steward volunteers installed new signs last week along the White Clouds Wilderness boundary reflecting the area ...

Ten years ago, with the stroke of a pen, then-President Barack Obama enshrined nearly 300,000 acres of Central Idaho backcountry as protected wilderness. It was a quiet conclusion to a hard-won ...

An intense, week-long search for teenager Hannah Anderson and her alleged abductor ended in the Idaho wilderness when police shot and killed the suspect and rescued the girl. Suspected kidnapper James ...

IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho — Two people were killed in a rafting accident in Idaho County over the weekend. According to the Idaho County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received reports of an SOS activation and ...

The United States has no shortage of iconic hiking trails. The two that spring to mind immediately are the Pacific Crest and Appalachian Trails, each of which traverses the length of the East and West ...

Discover the high stakes and high rewards of flying the Idaho backcountry. The post Fly the Idaho Backcountry the Right Way ...

Idaho got its nickname, the "Gem State," from the many gemstones that can be found in its rocky mountains, especially the rare star garnet, found only in Idaho and India. Nowadays, the Gem State is ...

First protected in 1937 as a "Primitive Area," the rugged Sawtooth Wilderness was officially created by Congress in 1972, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The wilderness features hundreds of ...