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Outdoor Idaho explores Pioneer Mountains |
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November 27, 2017 |
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| Outdoor Idaho
photo by Jay Krajic |
| A sea of
wild flowers in Surprise Valley, one of
the places explored in "Into the
Pioneers." |
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Positioned between glamorous Sun Valley and
desolate Craters of the Moon, the Pioneer
Mountains are, for many, just a blank spot on
the map. This year the Outdoor Idaho crew set
out to change that, exploring the valleys and
the highest peaks throughout the seasons, and
along the way interviewing ranchers and
geologists, outfitters and biologists, and
explorers of all kinds.
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| Outdoor Idaho
photo by Peter Morrill |
"Into the Pioneers" airs at 7 p.m. Sunday,
December 3, on Idaho Public Television. It will
be available for same-day streaming at
video.idahoptv.org/show/outdoor-idaho.
“The Pioneers became for us a real challenge,”
explains host and producer Bruce Reichert. “We
knew so little about this special place. But our
team found people who did know. We journeyed
with them in every season, and together we’ve
created a show that should delight all
Idahoans.”
Geologist Paul Link has spent 30 years exploring
the Pioneers. “They’re the heart of Idaho to
me,” he says.
Ketchum resident Bob Jonas and his wife, Sarah
Michael, trekked two and a half months through
five mountain ranges this past summer, saving
the “Pios” for last.
“They’re the beacon, the siren that first got me
into the high country,” says Jonas.
The Pioneers are also home to sheep and cattle
ranchers like John Peavey, who initiated the
Trailing of the Sheep Festival. And it’s where
world champion cyclist Rebecca Rusch has
established a bike race, through Copper Basin
and the Pioneers.
This is Idaho’s second highest mountain range,
where climbers tackle the “black dike” on their
way to the summit of Old Hyndman. It’s also home
to North America’s fastest land mammal, the
pronghorn, whose closest relative is not the
antelope but the giraffe.
Into the Pioneers takes viewers through a region
rich in mining history and diverse wildlife and
is an hourlong special sure to inspire and
intrigue.
Read more about the show at Outdoor Idaho’s “Into
the Pioneers” website. |
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