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How was the trip @metalbackpacker ? I'm heading to the Sawtooths in a few days myself and I'm curious about how you found the pass between Baron Peak and Peak 9854. Did you end up following your planned route in purple? I was planning on attempting a similar route through that section.

Ok, thanks for the advice!

Wow @Ben thanks for the pictures and the advice. I'm thinking I'll plan some extra time into my trip for an attempt, though fully expecting a high chance of abandonment and taking the North Fork/Baron Creek instead. I just can't stop wanting to get over that divide for whatever reason. That...

Definitely overpack in the snacks/lunch food department. We portion out oatmeal for breakfasts and freeze dried food for dinners but lunch and snacks is kind of a free for all buffet of dried fruit, peanut butter, beef jerkey, just add water hummus and pita/tortillas, and cliff/energy bars...

Hi, I'm planning a trip to the Sawtooth Mountains for mid September this year. I have a few guidebooks and am using Google Earth to scout stuff. I've been looking into route options and have read through a bunch of trip reports on here and found some great information. The one thing I haven't...

Hi there. I've been reading through posts on here all day trying to plan a trip to the Sawtooth Mountains. I live in Wisconsin and my backpacking resume has so far been limited to the Midwest, primarily up near Lake Superior - Porcupine "Mountains," Pictured Rocks, Grand Island, etc. I've been...