Below is PANTRA’s response letter to the Non-Resident OHV Pay-to-Play Legislation being drafter by the Idaho Recreation Council (IRC).  It is PANTRA’s position that charging non-resident OHV users to recreate in Idaho is not the best means to fund Idaho’s trails program at this time because it will unfairly penalize the residents in Panhandle region of…

The Wallace to Avery Ride has some of the most technical trails in the area and was organized for intermediate to advanced riders only.  Because of that, I was expecting maybe a dozen riders.  I was more than a little surprised when I drove up at 9:00 am to the Cranky Gulch staging area and…

June 25th 2016 is when PANTRA and  Gold Creek Lodge brought back the historic Weatherly Ride and BBQ to the Gold Creek and Independence Creek area. The neighbors of Gold Creek Lodge, the Weatherly family, have been clearing the Gold Creek and Independence Creek area trails for nearly 40 years.  In years past, the Weatherly family hosted an annual…

Well trail clearing isn’t easy, but reporting the hours you spend trail clearing is! One of the most important functions of PANTRA is to demonstrate to the non-motorized trail users, and Government Trail Managers, the asset we are in keeping trails open and accessible for everybody by clearing trails of fallen trees. In short, if we didn’t clear the single…

14 riders turned out for PANTRA’s Canfield to Spades group ride which ended up being a little more of an adventure than anticipated.  We left the Nettleton Gulch parking lot at 10:15 and made our way up and out of Canfield via trail 8, 9, D, and 28. The last section of trail 28, before it…