Out & About

OUTPEDAL

Season waning on Hiawatha Trail

Depending on the weather, fall is perhaps the most scenic month to ride the tunnels and trestles of the Route of the Hiawatha rail trail near Lookout Pass.

But the window of opportunity is closing. The 15-mile route through the Bitterroots is scheduled to close for the season on Oct. 1. Do-it-yourselfers can go any day this week, but the shuttle service is on its fall schedule of Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.

Info: (208) 744-1301; www.skilookout.com/hiaw/

OUTFIELD

Escalante turns 10

Ten years ago this week, outgoing President Clinton used his powers under the Antiquities Act to designate 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the first flagship monument entrusted to the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.

This web of Utah canyonlands is considered a prize for everything from tourism to scientific research.

Info: www.ut.blm.gov/ monument/

OUTSCRATCH

Match your rash

Among ailments, poison ivy is one of the most widely reported to poison control centers in America, with more than 350,000 reported cases a year, according to the makers of IvyBlock®, an FDA-approved product that helps prevent the oozing, red skin rash and dry itch caused by contact with poison ivy, oak and sumac.

Want to compare your encounter with poison ivy to others victims across the country? Go online to www.bashtherash.com.

OUTLOOK

Best fishing times

Lunar tables from the U.S. Naval Observatory list peak fishing times. Be fishing at least one hour before and one hour after given times. Applies to all time zones.

(* indicates best days.)

Through June 11

* Today

8 p.m. 8:20 a.m.

Monday

8:40 p.m. 9 a.m.

Tuesday

9:20 p.m. 9:40 a.m.

Wednesday

10 p.m. 10:25 a.m.

Thursday

10:50 p.m. 11:15 a.m.

* Friday

11:40 p.m. 11:20 a.m.

* Saturday

— 12:05 p.m.

Next Sunday

12:35 a.m. 1:05 p.m.