TRAILS --  The Idaho Trails Association is looking for volunteers to help out on a one-day project in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest northeast of Sandpoint next Wednesday (July 9).

"We will be constructing a puncheon walkway to go over a bog hole about a mile from the summit of Grouse Mountain," said project leader Phil Hough. "When completed the bridge will help make hiker access easier, safer and decrease impact on the landscape."

Volunteers will enjoy a moderately strenuous three-mile hike on the Grouse Mountain Trail through lush forests with filtered views to get to the project site. Afterwards a short climb to a great outlook will provide stunning panoramas as a reward.

“We like to combine some moderately hard work with some moderately hard hiking and some killer views” Hough said Phil Hough.

Hough and his wife and hiking partner Deb Hunsicker found snow when they scouted the route more than a week ago, but the white stuff should be gone and replaced with wildflowers by July 9.

• Sign up on the ITA website.