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Volunteers needed to re-route Scotchman Peak Trail

Phil Degens, 75, was among the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness volunteers who rebuilt Trail 999 above the Clark Fork River to Star Peak. (Sandy Compton / Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness)
Phil Degens, 75, was among the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness volunteers who rebuilt Trail 999 above the Clark Fork River to Star Peak. (Sandy Compton / Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness)

TRAILS – The Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are trying to round up a big turnout to finish re-routing the popular Scotchman Peak Trail #65 northeast of Lake Pend Oreille.

The group is organizing volunteers to add switchbacks and avoid a steep and badly eroding section of the route up the peak for National Public Lands Day Sept. 23-24.

Volunteers can join the effort on one or both days.

Sign up at scotchmanpeaks.org.

Info: Sandy Compton, sandy@scotchmanpeaks.org

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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