{"id":4854,"date":"2020-07-20T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T03:50:27","slug":"20200720pioneer-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/20200720pioneer-cabin\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 of 2020 Idaho Trip, Pioneer Cabin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifth day of my Idaho trip, I would be leaving the town of Hailey for Moore today, in preparation for next day\u2019s summiting of Borah Peak. But before that, I would hike Pioneer Cabin Trail in Sawtooth National Forest.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>

<\/br>Pioneer Cabin before Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finally, it\u2019s my last day in the Sawtooth forests. There weren’t a lot of hotels\/airbnbs along US93 that fitted in my plan to summit Borah Peak the next day, fortunately I found one in the town of Moore.
\nIt only took 1.5 hours to drive from Hailey to Moore, and as for what to do for the remainder of the day, I had a few options. I originally planned to visit Craters of the Moon National Monument, but unfortunately I left my NPS pass at home. And since I missed a day of hiking in Sawtooth by resting in bed, I had a few choices left in the region. At the end, I chose to hike Pioneer Cabin Trail.<\/p>\n

Pioneer Cabin was built in the Pioneer Mountains by Union Pacific Railroad as a ski hut in 1937, and still served as a shelter for winter skiers and summer hikers till this day. On way to its trailhead one would pass the town of Ketchum \/ Sun Valley, with visible ski tracks covering surrounding mountains.<\/p>\n

The last 6km of forest road, once off Trail Creek Road, was unpaved. It\u2019s in much better shape than other unpaved roads in the region, though.<\/p>\n

\"Footbridge\"<\/a>

 \"Creek\"<\/a><\/br>Footbridge across Creek<\/br>Just like Hyndman Peak Trail, this trail started where a dirt road terminated at a creek.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Pioneer Cabin could either be reached via an out-and-back totaling 12.9km, or adding Long Gulch Trail to make it a 14.2km loop. At first, it seemed weird to me that most online comments recommended the out-and-back version. Until I tried out the first 20 meters of Long Gulch Trail and found it pretty overgrown, and retreated to the out-and-back Pioneer Cabin Trail.<\/p>\n

Here’s GPS tracking:
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