By Steve Stuebner Vice President, Valley County Pathways Our new 1/4-mile Boulder Creek Trail in Donnelly is moving closer to completion after a group of 16 volunteers built a 255-foot boardwalk in a wetland adjacent to the creek over the weekend of Nov. 5-6. “We had a great group of people come out to help [...]

Valley County Pathways needs volunteers for a trail work day on Saturday, Nov. 5 and Sunday, Nov. 6. Start time: 9 a.m. at the Donnelly Elementary School on E. Roseberry Road in Donnelly. Tools needed: There is no power on site, so we need generators, power tools, battery-powered tools and some hand tools. People with [...]

Valley County Pathways is hosting a trail cleanup party on the North Valley Rail-Trail on Saturday, June 4, as part of National Trails Day. Please join us to help pick up litter on the trail, and do some brushing and trail-enhancement work. We’ll meet at 10 a.m. at the trailhead just south of River Ranch. [...]

Hi folks, Valley County Pathways is busy with a number of cool projects going on throughout Long Valley in Cascade, Donnelly and McCall. Here’s our Spring 2011 Newsletter with all of the details. Enjoy!

The Olen Family recently installed a new and very special bench on the north end of the Crown Point Trail, near Cascade, to honor the late Erv Olen. Erv was a great advocate for pedestrian trails and an awesome worker bee for Valley County Pathways. We are calling it the “Erv Olen Memorial Bench.” The [...]

We had a perfect number of volunteers show up for our work day on the North Valley Rail Trail on Saturday and ideal weather (hey, it didn’t snow!).  The hiking and biking trail is now officially open, so feel free to get out there and check it out. Start from McCall City Hall, River Ranch [...]

Volunteers Needed! Please join us to help get the Valley County Pathways trail cleaned up and ready for the upcoming season. When: Saturday May 8th at 9:00 AM Where: Meet at the green construction trailer at River Ranch.  River Ranch is located on the West side of Mission Street, South of the Smoke Jumper base. [...]

It was a special day for Valley County Pathways (VCP) today. Everyone loves hiking and biking trails, right? We certainly do. Well, we just signed a new access agreement with Judd and Diane DeBoer and McCall River Ranch Co.  that will extend a public walking and biking path 1.8 miles from the end of the [...]

The following is and op-ed piece from the Idaho Statesman. Let’s work together to improve the valley’s future April 25th, 2009 By Steve Stuebner Valley County Pathways, a group working to create a series of public pathways between McCall and Cascade, is gaining momentum. We recently received a property donation south of McCall along the [...]