After some feedback, the U.S. Forest Service has extended the deadline to comment on renewing the outfitter and guide permits for the next 10 years until Feb. 16.
The trail, a zigzag that drapes repeatedly across the ridge and the border between the two states about 47 miles west of Missoula, used to be a marquee backcountry ride for mountain bikers. That ended in 2012 when the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, which controls the Idaho side of the trail, approved a new travel management plan that barred bicycles from its portion of the trail.