The trail closure on the Maah Daah Hey Trail due to the Magpie Fire has now been rescinded. Additional fire restrictions have been put in place as the fire hazard is still very high. These include building, maintaining attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal, coal, or wood stove, smoking, off-road vehicle use and other Read more
This year’s Trails Day event took place on the Buffalo Gap Trail west of Medora south of Old US 10. Forty-two volunteers from the Maah Daah Hey Trail Association along with other organizations, such as, US Forest Service, Save the MDH, and Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch joined forces to surface 1000 feet of trail. Read more
The Maah Daah Trails Association (MDHTA) and the USDA Forest Service will be hosting a celebration of National Trails Day on the Buffalo Gap Trail east of Medora. Buffalo Gap Trail is part of the Maah Daah Hey Trail System and provides a by-pass of TRNP South Unit. Participants will help with surfacing approximately 2 Read more
Its official! The entire 144 miles of the Maah Daah Hey Trail, including Maah Daah Hey 2, or The Deuce, has been designated a National Recreation Trail. The designation was made on December 14, 2016 by the Northern Regional Forester, Leanne Marten. The application for this designation was supported by the North Dakota Department of Read more
The 2016 Trails Day headquartered out of the Third Creek Trail Head drew 42 hard working folks from western as well as central North Dakota. Response from the volunteers was so good that all of the gravel used to surface the trail that day was spread by 10:30 am and an additional half mile of Read more
Thirty hardy individuals participated in the 2015 National Trails Day event held on the Maah Daah Hey Trail on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The day before the event up to 2 inches of rain fell causing creeks and rivers to run high. But the clouds cleared out on Trails Day providing a perfect day to Read more
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