Outdoor Idaho Magazine

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The Selkirk Range lies in the Idaho Panhandle and offers a plethora of backpacking, hiking and bike-packing trails. With over 12 alpine lakes in the area, you'd be remiss to never visit this mountain range! Northern Idaho is such a rad place. ⁠ ⁠ Have you ever been to the Selkirks? Share your favorite memory with us in the comments below or DM us!⁠ ⁠ 📸: @justinmaisch ⁠ 📍: Selkirk Mountains ⁠
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Have you ever wanted to try something new but have been holding back? This is your reminder to take the leap and get out of your comfort zone—you won't regret it! ⁠ ⁠ @kimfrankwriter ⁠ Sawtooth National Forest
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Stoke levels look something like this now that it's Friday. What are you sending this weekend? ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📸: @johnwebster of @haydenvoorheeskayak ⁠ ⁠
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As we kiss summer goodbye and settle into fall’s seasonal offerings, our OIM team is curious—what was your biggest adventure this summer? Did you raft a river you've always wanted to, climb a mountain you've been looking at for years or learn something new in the outdoors? ⁠ ⁠ We want to hear your best memories of summer, leave a comment below!⁠ ⁠ 📸: @saydeebrassphotography ⁠ 📍: Idaho
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Happy Monday - this cooler weather is PERFECT for mountain biking, right?! ⁠ ⁠ Anyone hit the trails this weekend? If not, what did you do? Let's share the weekend stoke and live vicariously through each other to fight the Monday blues. ⁠ ⁠ 📷@justlikethespice of @madeleinemulliken
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Shamelessly exploiting for personal gain. OIM Founder, Rachael, here. We’re visiting North Idaho for the first time (at least in a long time). What should we do?! Drop your suggestions below. Also if you want some side cash we need a dog sitter in Sandpoint 😂 For real tho 📸: @pucktography
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We are SO STOKED to announce the winner of Outdoor Idaho Magazine's cover photo contest for Issue 05: Adventure's Best Friend. Drum roll please...Wesson and Sawyer @the_wag_life chillin' !!!⁠ ⁠ If you submitted a photo for the contest, please check your email tomorrow because we have a surprise for you! ⁠ ⁠ Get ready for Issue 05—releasing September 1! Pre-order now and save $5 at checkout PLUS get early bird access to read the issue online (Link in Bio).⁠ ⁠ This issue is covering all things relating to dogs on the trail and beyond including: ⁠ 🐶 Small But Mighty: Why small dogs are great companions for big adventures⁠ 🐶 Paddleboarding with a Pooch: Editor @the.go.gal_ !!re!!_039;s connection with her dog on the water⁠ 🐶 Idaho Featured Non-Profit: Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit’s K-9 Team are best in SAR⁠ ⁠ ...plus...⁠ ⁠ Lots of bonus dog pics 🐕⁠ ⁠ What're you waiting for? Pre-order today!! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📸: : @jenay215 of @the_wag_life ⁠ 📍: Lower Baron Lake, Sawtooth National Recreation Area
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The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is one of the last untouched wilderness areas in the Lower 48. The 104-mile-long tributary flows through the heart of the protected 2.5 million-acre Frank Church Wilderness and is a MUST for all outdoor enthusiasts, offering white rapids, hikes and hot spring soaks—all with breathtaking views. The river is an incredible place! ⁠ ⁠ Where is your favorite getaway where you go to recharge and take in the natural world?⁠ ⁠ 📸: @stacieelmer ⁠ 📍: Middle Fork Salmon River
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Like this video if you love "Riding the Bull“!🤠⁠ ⁠ Not an actual bull, but this is a whole lot better. The term for sitting on the very front edge of the raft like a bada$$ as you shred through gnarly rapids.⁠ ⁠ Here are some more insider terms you can drop on your next rafting trip to really get your guide’s or friends' attention!⁠ ⁠ Chunderdome (n)⁠ Definition: The area in a rapid featuring the most turbulent or consequential whitewater.⁠ ⁠ Ex: "Man, I got off my line and ended up straight in the chunderdome. What a ride!"⁠ ⁠ Rotisserie (v)⁠ Definition: The act of spinning your raft before pinning your boat between two rocks, 180 degrees to the direction of the current, and subsequently flipping over.⁠ ⁠ Theater Seats (n)⁠ Definition: The eddy at the bottom of a challenging rapid used to watch incoming rafts make their attempt to run the rapid.⁠ ⁠ Pinball Wizard (n)⁠ Definition: The person in the boat who falls out and bounces off every rock from the top to the bottom of the rapid.⁠ ⁠ Rose'd (v)⁠ Definition: Being Rose'd is the act of getting a swimmer to the safety of the raft but failing to pull them in. Coming from the movie Titanic, where Rose held onto Jack from the safety of the floating door, leaving Jack submerged in the freezing waters.⁠ ⁠ Rising from the Grave (v)⁠ Definition: The act of nearly falling out of the raft but holding on by one foot securely locked in. This act generally involves the submergence of the head and most of the upper body.⁠ ⁠ Find more professional sounding rafting terms on raftmasters.com/26-whitewater-rafting-terms-and-sayings-few-will-know or check out our recent blog post on Outdoor Terminology for Beginners on our website (link in bio). ⁠ ⁠ 📸: demiharris @draephotography ⁠ 📍: Payette River, Banks to Beehive Bend⁠ ⁠ Special thanks to @tdanylchuk for his mad ridin' skills
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Want to know the secret to photographing stars?⁠ ⁠ 1. Use a Tripod: The less movement the camera has, the better.⁠ 2. Make sure your camera is in Manual focus, and use a headlamp to make sure your focus is set to infinite. ⁠ 3. Set a 2-second timer on your camera⁠ 4. Keep your shutter speed around 20 seconds ⁠ 5. Shoot between 800-3200 ISO⁠ 6. Set Aperture to f4⁠ 7. See what image you captured after the photo is taken! ⁠ 8. Add any post-processing edits! ⁠ ⁠ 📸: @mizacash ⁠ 📍: Little Redfish Lake
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Do you love to relax and fish? 🚣🐟⁠ ⁠ It’s the weekend and you deserve an adventure! Grab your boat and get to the water! ⁠ ⁠ We’re curious, what's your Idaho waterway of choice after a long week of work? Let us know in the comments below! ⁠ ⁠ 📸: @ellieblairr
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Today we're feeling extra thankful for all of the rain our state received over the weekend and these cooler temperatures are welcomed by the OIM team! ⁠ ⁠ Last week drought emergencies were declared throughout the western United States and a recent map published by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that 90% of the west is in a drought, which meteorologists expect to last through the summer. ⁠ ⁠ Record-high temperatures and extreme wildfires have exacerbated drought conditions in Idaho, so this weekend's rain storms brought much-needed relief to our dry climate. Idaho BLM said, "the rain absorbed by plants in the Southern region of Idaho will temporarily help lower wildfire danger, however with low fuel moistures, dry and warm conditions can be expected to return. That means we need to stay alert and practice wildfire safety techniques like always putting out campfires, obeying fire restrictions where posted and limiting driving off-road."⁠ ⁠ The weekend storms affected central and southeastern Idaho with mudslides and damaging tree foliage, but the effects it had on slowing wildfires, even temporarily, makes us grateful for the sprinkle. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📸: Ashley Stoneham, @idahodepartmentoflands courtesy of @blmfire
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