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Wool Tsunami to Flood Ketchum

Boise, ID – This weekend the Wood River Valley holds its annual Trailing of the Sheep festival. The event comes at the time when sheep leave their high pastures for the winter. Organizer Mary Austin-Crofts told Adam Cotterell the festival culminates with the trailing parade through downtown Ketchum when 1500 sheep stroll down Main Street.

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