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Pocatello, ID
Easy access to outdoor recreation
and scenic beauty grace Pocatello.
World-class mountain bike trails
and challenging rock-climbing are
some of the offerings located right in
Pocatello. The valley is surrounded by
mountains laced with incredible trails.
The City Creek Trail System is 52-miles
of maintained trails for hikers and
mountain bikers on the doorstep of the
west bench with everything from green
circle to double black diamond trails. The
Portneuf Greenway trails run through the
city for thirteen miles along the Portneuf
River and lead to public land trailheads
that surround the city. Rock-climbers
often travel to Pocatello just to scale the
“Shady" and “Sunny" side of the basalt
lava cliffs of Ross Park right in the city.
The “Pocatello Pump,” the nation’s oldest
rock-climbing competition, takes place
here each September.
If you’re arriving on the Polar Express,
you’ll find the same incredible
mountains, trails, and meadows
covered in snow and ready to provide
cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or
snowmobile adventures Idaho-style!
The East Fork Mink Creek Nordic
Center hosts about 20k of groomed skate
and classic ski trails, as well as separate
snowshoe trails. The Mink Creek Park N’
Ski Idaho State Park program offers an
additional 29k on five trails. Trips to the
yurt system are also popular with hearty
winter lovers. Groomed snowmobile
trails loop Scout Mountain, Garden
Creek, and South Mink Creek for miles
of powder and mountain trails with
fresh Idaho air. Pebble Creek provides all
the downhill or snowboarding ecstasy
you can absorb. After an invigorating
outing covering 2,200 vertical feet per
run and jumps, rails, boxes and rollers at
three terrain parks, you can be back in
town for dinner in less than 20 minutes.
The local saying is that if you can ski
"the rock,” you can ski anywhere.
For more information go to
VisitPocatello.com
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