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Routes / Re: Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 30, 2021, 11:58:10 pm »

We needed to leave 2 cars - one at each of 2 different parts of the route - 3 to 4 days of riding apart.

I called several establishments in Featherville with no luck, and the Forest Service said they had no particular parking in that area, but lI eft my car on the side of the main drag, after asking the proprietor of the Feather River Resort store if it was ok to do so, in person. I was happy to find it still there when I got back. 

Stanley has a nice Chamber of Commerce website, but the people there did not know of any public parking, nor did someone at the local bike shop, when I called. Asking when I got to town, I was told there wasn't any (a little hard to believe!), but the Forest Service said we could leave a car at the ranger station there for 10 days. No word on whether it would be towed if my riding partner couldn't get back to it in that time frame!

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Routes / Re: Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 30, 2021, 10:47:24 am »

Hi Lou; I greatly enjoy your articles. I rode just the Stanley to Featherville part of the ride, which was very nice indeed. Ihope to get back to do the rest. My riding partner is still on the southern loop. I just put some pics on FB.

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Routes / Re: Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 29, 2021, 08:47:35 pm »

Thanks Lou; I believe I've read several of your articles in Cycling West.

I just got back from riding some of the route. Finding parking wasn't particularly easy but I did find it.

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Routes / Re: Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 22, 2021, 12:53:22 am »

Thanks Jeebs

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: ID Hot Springs Main Map - Road closure due to construction. May 18 - early Sept.

« on: June 20, 2021, 12:46:53 am »

Thank you

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: ID Hot Springs Main Map - Road closure due to construction. May 18 - early Sept.

« on: June 19, 2021, 05:11:05 pm »

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere. Does anyone have an update on the route between Featherville and Ketchum? Has the road been mostly repaired to eliminate the slide and flood-induced hike-a-bike section?

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Routes / Re: Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 19, 2021, 11:33:31 am »

Thanks Carla. I'll try that. I've left some messages w/ USFS offices about parking options, too, and am waiting to hear back. It would be nice to have a plan before driving 6 or 7 hours and trying to sort it out then.

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Routes / Idaho Hot Springs route and parking help

« on: June 14, 2021, 02:40:26 pm »

Hello:

I'll be riding 160-180 miles of this route in about 2 weeks, with a friend who will be riding the whole loop. I'm working on which segment will be good in regard to length, where we could leave a car at each end. The Galena (or maybe Sun Valley) to McCall segment looks to me like the most attractive part of the route, but there is not a direct, paved road between the two to make car arrangements easy. Then there is the question of where we could park 2 cars.

Thanks,
Charlie