Playing Outdoors: Boise Outdoor Columns

Bogus Basin will add new trails, chair lifts; Boise wants your help naming newest park

Plus, officials are recommending residents remove bird feeders to curb a salmonella outbreak among wild birds. Find that and more in this outdoors roundup.

Updated January 31, 2024, 1:59 PM

Outdoors

Outdoors notebook: Kirkham Hot Springs isn’t closing; plus, work begins on Boise trailhead

Updated January 31, 2024, 1:10 PM

Outdoors

Notebook: Idaho Parks and Rec announces campsite, entrance fee increases

Updated January 31, 2024, 12:18 PM

Outdoors Blog

Boise to use levy funds on new trail; Idaho parks implement first day-use reservations

Updated January 8, 2024, 10:23 AM

Outdoors Blog

Idaho’s best road trip: A travel blog said it’s this beautiful stretch of ... I-84?

Updated November 22, 2023, 9:31 AM

Outdoors Blog

Dog leash rules are changing at Boise-area state park; unusual fish found in Lake Lowell

June 1, 2022, 11:30 AM

Outdoors

New path will connect 2 McCall trail systems; Idaho ski area’s expansion plan moves ahead

March 11, 2022, 4:00 AM

Outdoors Blog

Idaho parks hit ‘mind-boggling’ visitation record last year; Boise trails survey opens

Updated January 28, 2021, 2:12 PM

Outdoors Blog

Ada County adds 250 acres of open space in the Foothills for hiking, mountain biking

January 5, 2021, 1:02 PM

Outdoors

Idahoan’s viral video shows pack of wolves on snowy highway. ‘Once-in-a-lifetime moment’

December 28, 2020, 3:17 PM

Environment

Idaho land board rejects appeal to reconsider 195-foot cellular tower in the Sawtooths

Updated December 15, 2020, 7:15 PM

Hiking & Trails

Army Corps tables proposed 15-mile trail at Lucky Peak. Here’s why

December 10, 2020, 4:00 AM

Outdoors Blog

Looking for holiday cheer, we cut our own Christmas tree in an Idaho forest. You can, too

Updated December 9, 2020, 1:45 PM

Winter Recreation

Outdoors notebook: Bogus Basin opens Friday; more steelhead stocked in Boise River

Updated December 1, 2020, 3:30 PM

Environment

35 acres of open space — home to bald eagles and wildlife — added to Boise conservation area

Updated December 1, 2020, 1:00 PM

Outdoors Blog

Notebook: Dogs can now roam off-leash at these Boise parks; Bogus open for hike-and-ski

November 2, 2020, 1:47 PM

Outdoors Blog

Outdoors: Snowmaking starts at Bogus Basin; support Idaho trails with this local beer

October 28, 2020, 2:39 PM

Outdoors Blog

Outdoors: Idaho hunters survive grizzly attack; Eagle dad, daughter reel in fishing records

September 21, 2020, 12:07 PM

Outdoors Blog

‘A good paddling’: It’s easy to find Idaho’s simple joys from a paddle board on the river

September 9, 2020, 6:00 AM

Outdoors Blog

As first sockeye returns to Redfish, salmon forecast good; plus, watch grizzly cubs wrestle

Updated August 4, 2020, 9:31 AM

Outdoors Blog

Another Idaho ski area debuts summer mountain bike trails, announces new ownership

July 30, 2020, 12:32 PM

Fishing

Anglers reel in Idaho walleye worth $1K, and another ski area set to launch summer ops

June 16, 2020, 3:17 PM

Outdoors

Floating the Boise River will look a little different this summer; a new way to back trails

June 9, 2020, 4:00 AM

Winter Recreation

Idaho’s ‘silent city’ is popular in summer but offers snowshoeing solitude in winter

March 2, 2020, 4:00 AM

Hiking & Trails

Forget going around this Bogus-area mountain. These trails take you straight to the top.

Updated July 2, 2019, 12:25 AM

Outdoors Blog

Bogus Basin will add new trails, chair lifts; Boise wants your help naming newest park

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Outdoors notebook: Kirkham Hot Springs isn’t closing; plus, work begins on Boise trailhead

Notebook: Idaho Parks and Rec announces campsite, entrance fee increases

Boise to use levy funds on new trail; Idaho parks implement first day-use reservations

Idaho’s best road trip: A travel blog said it’s this beautiful stretch of ... I-84?

Dog leash rules are changing at Boise-area state park; unusual fish found in Lake Lowell

New path will connect 2 McCall trail systems; Idaho ski area’s expansion plan moves ahead

Idaho parks hit ‘mind-boggling’ visitation record last year; Boise trails survey opens

Ada County adds 250 acres of open space in the Foothills for hiking, mountain biking

Idahoan’s viral video shows pack of wolves on snowy highway. ‘Once-in-a-lifetime moment’

Idaho land board rejects appeal to reconsider 195-foot cellular tower in the Sawtooths

Army Corps tables proposed 15-mile trail at Lucky Peak. Here’s why

Looking for holiday cheer, we cut our own Christmas tree in an Idaho forest. You can, too

Outdoors notebook: Bogus Basin opens Friday; more steelhead stocked in Boise River

35 acres of open space — home to bald eagles and wildlife — added to Boise conservation area

Notebook: Dogs can now roam off-leash at these Boise parks; Bogus open for hike-and-ski

Outdoors: Snowmaking starts at Bogus Basin; support Idaho trails with this local beer

Outdoors: Idaho hunters survive grizzly attack; Eagle dad, daughter reel in fishing records

‘A good paddling’: It’s easy to find Idaho’s simple joys from a paddle board on the river

As first sockeye returns to Redfish, salmon forecast good; plus, watch grizzly cubs wrestle

Another Idaho ski area debuts summer mountain bike trails, announces new ownership

Anglers reel in Idaho walleye worth $1K, and another ski area set to launch summer ops

Floating the Boise River will look a little different this summer; a new way to back trails

Idaho’s ‘silent city’ is popular in summer but offers snowshoeing solitude in winter

Forget going around this Bogus-area mountain. These trails take you straight to the top.