{"id":9492,"date":"2024-01-19T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=9492"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:10","slug":"wallowa-mountains-hells-canyon-trails-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=9492","title":{"rendered":"Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9493\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094412.jpg 687w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094412-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmhcta.org\/home\">Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association<\/a> are a dedicated group of hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who monitor and help maintain our local trails in Hells Canyon and the Wallowa Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>We coordinate with the US Forest Service and organize volunteer work parties to clear downed trees, cut back brush, and do whatever else is necessary to keep our local hiking trails open and accessible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"gBYvFf C9DxTc \">Check the trail conditions before you hike&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">(Please note that trail conditions on the below web pages may not be up-to-date)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR \">\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"XqQF9c\" href=\"https:\/\/usfs.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/webappviewer\/index.html?id=bc2744a1945b4781a645c852022e6f3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"C9DxTc aw5Odc \">Wallowa Mountains Trail Information Map<\/span><\/a><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0(USFS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"XqQF9c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/detail\/wallowa-whitman\/alerts-notices\/?cid=stelprdb5317719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"C9DxTc aw5Odc \">Hells Canyon Alerts &amp; Notices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"XqQF9c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/detail\/wallowa-whitman\/alerts-notices\/?cid=stelprdb5317834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"C9DxTc aw5Odc \">Wallowa Mountains Alerts &amp; Notices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9494\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094757.jpg 535w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-094757-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting with a USFS-sponsored meeting on April 26, 2016, a group of individuals in Wallowa County, Oregon, began meeting weekly to work toward forming a volunteer organization to address community concerns about the condition of trails and cultural resources in the area. These meetings eventually led to the creation of a membership-based non-profit organization, the Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association (WMHCTA), which was officially launched on February 13, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are over 100 members of WMHCTA. In five years of field operations, we have clocked over 11,000 hours of volunteer time while putting in 244 days in the field. We\u2019ve cleared 479 miles of trail, removing approximately 3,500 trees in the process. And we\u2019ve had fun doing it, with no serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association are a dedicated group of hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who monitor and help maintain our local trails in Hells Canyon and the Wallowa Mountains. We coordinate with the US Forest Service and organize volunteer work parties to clear downed trees, cut back brush, and do whatever else is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-lands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9495,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9492\/revisions\/9495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}