Preschool students in the Roots Forest School of McCall, Idaho, hike past a Roots tent in Ponderosa State Park recently. After 10 years of calling Ponderosa State Park home, and paying a fee and ...

The visitor center at Ponderosa State Park will be renamed and dedicated in honor of former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne at a ceremony this Saturday in McCall. “Gov. Kempthorne’s contribution ...

The skinny: The park’s 22K trail system winds through forest and sagebrush flats on a 1,000-acre peninsula with sweeping views of Payette Lake, yet it’s adjacent to the wide range of ...

Under a moonlit sky, I am snowshoeing along a torch-lit trail in Ponderosa State Park in central Idaho. My fellow travelers and I are on our way to a Mongolian-style yurt where a four-course ...

Idaho State Parks and Recreation will hold ... at places like the Idaho City-area Park N’ Ski lots and Ponderosa State Park for free. The promotion covers all 18 of Idaho’s designated Park ...

The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) announced that it has expanded the overnight offerings available to guests within Ponderosa State Park in the form of multi-room cabins with ...

Ponderosa Park is located on Payette Lake. While private lakeshore property gets more expensive every year, Idaho’s most popular state park keeps the woods and the water accessible to just about ...

a backcountry yurt system expansion near Idaho City, and renovations of Kokanee Cove at Ponderosa State Park. This investment in parks was one of Gov. Brad Little’s priorities for the ...

Ponderosa Park is on Payette Lake. While private lakeshore property gets more expensive every year, Idaho’s most popular state park keeps the woods and the water accessible to just about everyone.

A small nonprofit preschool in McCall, Idaho, is looking for a new home after being told it can’t continue using Ponderosa State Park as its home base. Roots Forest School, which focuses on ...