Opinion ID: 874379
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Continuous and uninterrupted.

Text: 8 Next, the Backmans assert that Powers’s use of Turtle Rock Road and the three extensions that was open and notorious was also continuous and uninterrupted for the statutory period. Maintenance and repair of roads satisfies the element of being continuous and uninterrupted because repairing roads to facilitate the use of them indicates an intent to continue the use. Stecklein v. Montgomery, 98 Idaho 671, 674, 570 P.2d 1359, 1362 (1977) (citing to 3 Powell on Real Property § 413 (1977)). The Backmans point to Powers’s statement that he did a lot of “driving maintenance” on the roads and periodically graded them to support their contention that the use was continuous and uninterrupted. However, Powers was only referring to his work on the Upper Road before the north 20 acres were sold to Schrader when he mentioned maintenance and grading. Powers did later mention that he maintained the roads after he finished logging, but only referenced taking a “cat” in to open the Lower Road in 2004, figuring that the road had stabilized enough. Therefore, the installation of the culvert on the Middle Road and building of the skid trail were the only evidence presented of maintenance and repair of roads. The facts presented supra in the discussion of open and notorious were further used to demonstrate continuous and uninterrupted use. The district court analyzed the facts discussed above, and found that after the logging operation ended, Powers’s use of the roads was not of a sufficient nature to satisfy the continuous and uninterrupted element.