Big Wood Backcountry Trails

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Plans & Projects

Galena Plans

In the summer of 2006 BWBT started working with the SNRA, Blaine Co. Rec. District, and the Galena Lodge Concessionaires on ideas for improvements to the warm-season trails at Galena.  After some initial field work and meetings we decided it would be most useful to take a comprehensive look at what our community and our local land managers were interested in seeing happen with the trail system at Galena.  BWBT took the lead in this process by organizing stakeholder meetings and hiring multi-use trail planning and design experts to help us all formulate a master plan for Galena's summer trails.  Here is an overview of the resulting Galena Area Summer Trails Design Plan, and the plan document itself:


OVERVIEW OF THE GALENA AREA SUMMER TRAILS DESIGN PLAN.doc (opens a Word document)

FINAL DOC GALENA AREA SUMMER TRAIL DESIGN PLAN Galena_Trail_MP_121407.pdf (opens an Adobe PDF)

Sun Valley Online Article:  Galena's Summer Trails To Be Improved

Mountain Express Article:  Galena Plan

Blaine County Rec & Travel Plan

The Blaine County Recreation and Travel Plan is online at blainecounty.org.  Please read the project description for an overview. 

Many features are interactive, including the Summer and Winter Zone maps.  All of the fabulous maps were produced by Sam Young at Blaine County GIS.  Click on a colored box in the legend and the Zone explanation will pop up.  In addition, you can click on a Zone name in the sidebar, Table of Contents, or in the text and it will bring up the Zone or Matrix description.  

If you wish to see the original maps and other information, please feel free to go to the County Courthouse during normal business hours to view them in the meeting room or hall.