Audio Live

Pod 1 - Podcast Loop Orientation. Pod 2 - Recreation and Travel Management. Pod 3 - History of Discovery Hill. Pod 4 - The Greater Sage Grouse. Pod 5 - Lewis and Clark on Discovery Hill. Pod 6 - The Peregrine Falcon.

Audio Pods for the Lewis and Clark Podcast loop are now available.

Check the Salmon Valley Stewardship Podcast page for descriptions and iTunes for downloads.

The six audio pods were written and recorded by students from the Carmen Charter School and Salmon High School.  Each audio segment is about 2 minutes in length and corresponds to the numbered trail-markers found along the trail.

This trail is 1.3 miles long and starts at the Bluff Overlook parking area. It also shares a section of trail coming from the Discovery Hill Trailhead so you can start there too.

Existing game trail was improved and connected to Disco singletrack to make a walkable (and ridable) loop last summer.  This dirt project was completed by the Salmon Savage Volleyball Team, the BLM, and members of your Salmon Id Mtn Bike Assoc. (Here is the Blog Post about that project.)

Check it out on the map below.

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KPVI

Kris Millgate of KPVI was in town recently filming. Liz Townley hooked us up with her to do a spot on Mountain Biking in Salmon. This footage airs tonight at 10 or can be found on the TimeOut webpage (Video title is Pedal Playground).

Thanks Liz!

Kris and her camera man setting Max up with their GoPro.

Podcast Loop

There is a new loop on Discovery Hill.  The Podcast Loop.  This trail is 1.3 miles long and starts at the Bluff Overlook parking area.  It also shares a section of trail near the Discovery Hill Trailhead.


The BLM Recreation Dept. and Salmon Valley Stewardship have been busy working with Salmon's youth to create audio Pods.  There will be six of these Pods on subjects from wildlife to recreation to Lewis and Clark.  There are 6 numbered trailmarkers corresponding to these audio clips.  Students can then walk along the loop and listen to the Podcast...an outdoor audio tour!

The podcast will be finished soon.  It should be available from the Salmon Chamber, SVS, Lemhi County Historical Museum, and BLM...probably downloadable in the future from iTunes too.

The Salmon Savage Vollyballers volunteered to fix up the trails and install the trailmarkers.  They kicked butt!!  SVS is donating $500 to their program for their efforts.

Disco Firmed Up

The Discovery Hill loops have firmed up nicely from last Sundays torrential evening rains.

While the trails are not as smooth and fast as they get in mid-spring, they are in greatly better shape then they were earlier this summer.  The rain smoothed the powdery dust back down into singletrack and washed away most of the manure.  Rough hoof-prints are gone and the cows have been moved to upper pastures.

So if you have been avoiding the Disco Trails because they were hammered, get back up there when you have time to bust out a couple quick laps.  And remember how lucky we are to have these trails so close to town for a  single-track fix.

Disco Trail Day 2012

Thanks to all the great volunteers for making the 2012 Disco Trail Day a huge success!!

Truckloads of trash were hauled away and miles of trail were made better on a gorgeous Spring day.

Close to 40 people came out to give their time.

After all that work everyone convened at the Trailhead for the BBQ.

A few of us did a post event ride to celebrate the trail improvements too.

Thanks to Salmon Valley Stewardship and the BLM for making this event possible and thanks again to all the great volunteers.

The Disco trails are in better shape than ever.

Mark your calendars

There is a lot going on in Salmon this spring for cyclists.  Choose your event and get on your bike!

• Discovery Hill Trail Day and Cleanup

• When:  April 21 from 9 am to noon.  
• Where:  Discovery Hill Trailhead.
  
• What:  Like last year, we will be fixing up the trails and cleaning up the roads.  Your choice of many projects. BLM hosted BBQ at 12:30.  Mtn bike ride to follow the BBQ so bring your bike.
• How:   Free.  Some tools provided, bring gloves and a bike for the ride after.
• Brought to you by Salmon Valley Stewardship, the BLM, and Salmon Idaho Mtn Bike Association (SIMBA).

• Kids Bike Clinic

• When: April 27th and May 4th from 9:30 am to 11:30 am.
• Where: Sacajawea Center.
• What:  Kids will learn basic bike maintenance and basic bike skills.  Some helmets available if needed.
• How:  $10 fee includes both sessions.  Sign up at Salmon City Hall or at the event.  Call 756-1188 for info.
• Brought to you by the Salmon Recreation and Community Development and SIMBA.   

• Ladies Only Bike Clinic

• When:  April 28th and May 5th from 9:30 am to 11:30 am.
  
• Where:  Sacajawea Center.
  
• What:  Topics include bike sizing, basic maintenance, and basic riding skills.
  
• How:  $10 fee includes both sessions.  Sign up at Salmon City Hall or at the event.  Call 756-1188 for info.
• Brought to you by the Salmon Recreation and Community Development and SIMBA.

• Salmon MTB Film Fest
• When:  April 27 from 6:00 pm to about 9 pm.
• Where:  Oddfellows Hall.
  
• What:  We will be screening Mtn Bike Films including Life Cycles and Pedal Driven.
• How:  $10 at the door.  Beer is extra.  Raffle items.  Food by Oddfellows Bakery - Fish Tacos!!
• Brought to you by Oddfellows Bakery and SIMBA.

• Pathways Awareness Ride
• When:  May 10th at 5:30 pm.
  
• Where:  Idaho Adventures.
  
• What:  We will be riding from Island Park to the Sac Center for Salmon Pathways Awareness.  Rumor has it that the Mayor, City Council and County Comms will be there too. 
  
• How:  Free just bring your bike and your helmet and show our town fathers we like to ride and want to do so safely.
• Brought to you by Alternate Mobility and SIMBA.

• 12 Hours of Disco

• When:  May 19th from 7 am to 7 pm.
  
• Where:  Start/Finish is at the Sacajawea Motor Sports Park.
  
• What:  12 Hours of singletrack Mtn Bike racing on an 8 mile loop in the Discovery Hill Trail System.  Riders can race Solo or on mixed teams of 2 or 4.
  
• How:  $115 entry fee gets you a Race #, T-shirt and Dinner.
  
• Money raised goes to benefit the Youth Employment Program.
  
• Brought to you by the Youth Employment Program,  SIMBA and the USAC.
  

• National Trails Day at Barracks Lane

• When:  June 9th.  June 2nd.
  
• Where:  Barracks Lane Trailhead and trails in the area.
  
• What:  Projects include re-arranging the trailhead access and some new trail construction.
  
• How:  Free.  Some tools provided, bring gloves and a bike for the ride after.
• Brought to you by the BLM and SIMBA.

• Lemhi Valley Century Ride

• When:  June 23rd.
• Where:  Highway 28 along the Lemhi River Valley.
  
• What:  100 milers start at Microwave Tower Road south of Birch Creek Campground.  Metric 100 riders start at Gilmore Summit.
  
• How:  $45 gets you the ride, a T-shirt, and BBQ after.
  

Web of Singletrack

The web of trails in the Discovery Hill area.  Green in the Screencapture below is single track.  Close to 50 miles of it.  So close to town.  Nothing is named really.  We just ride there.  What to do with it all?