Idaho River Publications

03/24/2024

Photo a day #899. After ditching the snowmobiles at the trailhead, we walked about a mile and a half to our first camp beneath some grand north facing terrain. I played with a little light painting to create this stack of four different images I merged into one single shot on Photoshop.

03/24/2024

Photo a Day #898 It's been a while since I have posted a "one a day" image. A recent adventure with Craig Wolfrom Photography and Niels Meyer into a remote drainage in the Pioneer mountains generated some worthy winter imagery. This is an image of Niels appreciation the alpenglow over the high peaks. We all agreed that is was a good effort for a Friday afternoon start to a long weekend adventure. More to follow. Enjoy.

12/05/2023

Exploring the Boulder-White Clouds - Highlights: All of the Idaho River Publication guidebooks are subtitled "a Comprehensive Guide." In order to develop a comprehensive understanding of a landscape, knowing something about the "bones" of the mountains is important. Each guidebook includes a section describing the geology of the region often accompanied by original maps like this overview of the rock units found in the Boulder-White Clouds mountains. Dive into these books and you will truly broaden your understanding of the landscape! www.idahoriverpublications.com

12/23/2022

The danger is CONSIDERABLE. You're most likely to trigger avalanches big enough to bury people on slopes where the wind has formed drifts or stiffened the snow surface. Avalanches are possible in steep, wind-sheltered terrain—even at lower elevations. Avalanches may be triggered remotely—from gentler terrain above, below, and to the sides of steep slopes. Visit www.sawtoothavalanche.com for the full Forecast.

04/07/2020

Endless trails...

05/13/2017

**** MARSH CREEK UPDATE ****
A report from kayakers who just ran Marsh Creek found a massive river wide log about 6 miles downstream... They were able to skip over it in kayaks, but as the river drops it will become an issue!!! Please share.

05/09/2017

For those of you thinking about the Middle Fork. I finally heard some updates indirectly from Kyle Irby who hiked from Highway 21 to two miles below Big Hole. These are his shots. Here is his report:

"I hiked Marsh Creek from 21 to 2 miles below the confluence with Bear where the trail ends in the river right cliff wall yesterday afternoon. May 7th.

There are no significant strainers or debris as of yesterday. There are some trees but there is always another channel open. There was some evidence of avalanche activity but nothing new blocking the channel. I did not scout the section from 100 yards below 21 to roughly 1/4 above the gauging station on Marsh due to fading light."

Link to more photos: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/

All photos and info courtesy Kyle Irby.

Thanks

05/01/2017

The fourth edition of the Middle Fork Guidebook is off to the printer! Look for the new edition (mostly new images and a few tweaks here and there) in June!

12/12/2016

Looking for a unique Holiday gift. The latest guidebook to the Boulder-White Clouds was published last summer. Order a signed copy online at: http://www.idahoriverpublications.com/store_WC.html

12/12/2016

12/12/2016

Outdoor Idaho's latest hours long special on the Boulder White Clouds is available to watch online through Dec. 19. Croy the wonderdog and I helped film a segment on the Jerry Peak Wilderness. Check it out!

We visit the three new wilderness areas in central Idaho -- the White Clouds, the Hemingway-Boulders, and the Jim McClure-Jerry Peak wilderness -- to tell the 50 year story of how the threat of an open pit molybdenum mine eventually led to a unanimous vote for Wilderness in Congress. And we examine…

06/17/2016

5 hours to go. Pre-order your guidebook and T-shirt before 9PM tonight! Can we hit $7000...? Thanks for the support! Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/BWC-Kick

06/15/2016

Just a little over two days to go!

Pre-order the guidebook! Additional Kickstater rewards include: Notecards, T-Shirts, Wall Maps, Photo Book, Fine Art Prints & More.

06/10/2016

MAP LOVERS - One of my favorite "extra" rewards offered in this Kickstarter campaign is the HUGE (60" x 49") 7.5 minute topo WALL MAP of the entire Boulder White Cloud region. The map includes all of the guidebook iconography (peak names, stream crossings, mileage, mines, wilderness boundaries, land management) and is a GREAT visual resource for adventure planning! Check out the campaign - http://tinyurl.com/BWC-Kick

06/08/2016

Just because... I tested an advance copy of the new Boulder-White Clouds Guidebook. Waterproof... Check! Support the printing on YUPO waterproof paper by backing our Kickstarter campaign at http://tinyurl.com/BWC-Kick.

06/08/2016

A good piece in today's paper by Tony Evans about the new Boulder-White Cloud guidebook. I finally found good us for this selfie taken on Strawberry Point...

Matt Leidecker, a Hailey-based guide, photographer and publisher of area guidebooks, is set to release a new book titled “Exploring the Boulder-White Clouds—A Comprehensive Guide.”

06/02/2016

Jerry what? Where the heck is Jerry Peak? Check out the map spread from the new guidebook "Exploring the Boulder-White Clouds - A Comprehensive Guide." Here's a link to the Kickstarter Campaign where you can pre-order the guidebook. http://tinyurl.com/BWC-Kick.