Welcome to Northwest Trek! Here you will find the hunting, fishing, adventure, and life stories of our travels throughout Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. We sincerely hope that you find Northwest Trek informative, entertaining, and inspirational. Oh, and by the way, do not be shy about leaving comments. We would love to hear from you!
// We Rode Our Quads From Here to There Day ten has brought us to Island Park Idaho, our last stop before Yellowstone National Park. We camped in a great Forest Service campground on the Targhee National Forest right on the bank of the Buffalo River. There is something about the landscape here... (more...)
// Big skies, big mountains, and crystal clear rivers greeted us as we ventured into the Targhee National Forest in our migration across Idaho. We camped on the Warm River which is a tributary of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. The Warm River Campground was very well maintained with... (more...)
// Historian on the Scent of a Good Story I am always alert to interesting avalanche stories having spent many years as an avalanche forecaster and control professional. So when we stumbled across the tiny ghost town of Custer City, Idaho and discovered the role avalanches had played I was immediately... (more...)
// Reflections Ah hah! World class scenery was only 15 miles down the road. The Sawtooth Mountain Range easily qualifies as one those places. So, we took a day off in order to absorb the majesty and scale. We were fortunate enough to find the best camp spot available at the Stanley Lake... (more...)
// Lola Creek Trib. of S. Fk. Payette Idaho offers some world class fishing and scenery. On day 2 of our Autumn expedition we did not find it. But to be fair it was full of solitude and wildness, attributes we cherish. We rode the quads about 26 miles. Most was through an Aspen/Lodgepole Pine... (more...)
// We invite you to join us as we blog about our expedition to explore some of the lesser known and the known places of the Northern Rockies and surrounding mountain ranges. Over the course of the 60 days of Autumn we hope to get to know the Salmon River county of Central Idaho, Yellowstone and... (more...)
