Latest News

2/22/12 A sampling of photos from our 2012 annual celebration on January 28, are now posted on our site.

A Ridges-to-Rivers Trail gets one mountain closer, according to an article in the Tri-City Herald on 1/15/12, and a supporting opinion on 1/27/12.

Many THANKS for these recent generous contributions!
*   REI for a $10,000 grant to FOBM to fund trail maintenance and upkeep.
DelHur Industries for widening & grading the road to the Skyline Trailhead, and the volunteers who helped with this project.
*  Eagle Scout Daniel Varnum-Lowry for building and installing two new bulletin boards at our trailheads.

5/9/11 The May / June edition of "Washington Trails" has an article by Adam Fyall about Badger Mountain. You can read the two-page PDF here. It comes from the newsletter of the Washington Trails Association.

5/6/11 The Badger Mountain Challenge 15 K, 50 K, and 100-mile races were a great success. You can read about it here.

2/24/11 An article in the Tri-City Herald announces the Ridges to Rivers Open Space Network, and an editorial on the same day lauds the effort to map out a future for open space in the Tri-Cities and environs.

1/18/11 The Tri-City Herald lauds the efforts of the FoBM and the community towards Badger Mountain.

1/20/11 Our new hiker-count statistics for all of 2010 show that almost 120,000 people hiked Badger last year.

9/2/10 - The new trail is now 100% finished and completely OPEN! Click for info, maps, and photos. We made a lot of repairs this fall with lots of volunteers to help. Click for details.

12/1/10 Our new Flowers of Badger Mt. brochure is available for downloading, see the announcement, below.