idaho

Last week, I completed a six day backpacking trip into the Bighorn Crags in Idaho. It was my first time to the Crags, and joining me on this merry adventure were @Bob, @b.stark, @TractorDoc, and @Chuckwalla. While the Crags are beautiful, conditions were smoky for the six day we were back in...

A trip from late June 2026. For my full blog post go to: https://www.wanderingtherockies.com/blog/bighorncrags-salmon-idaho-2026 Harbor Lake A backpacking trip to the Bighorn Crags has been on my bucket list ever since seeing pictures of the area a few years ago. We were in Idaho and looking...

Weather was good, flowers are out. Decided at the last minute to take a 4 day trip. Starting at Darby MT, taking the Magruder Trail to Elk City ID. Then backroads to Kamiah, ID to pick up the Lolo Motorway. The Magruder splits the Frank Church Wilderness, 101 miles. The Lolo Motorway, 90...

In September 2014, Chris, Peter and I did a 47 mile traverse of the Sawtooth Range in Idaho. We had a shuttle drop us off at Grandjean, and from there spent 7 days crossing the range to Pettit Lake. The weather was perfect, and since then this trek has been the benchmark for excellence for all...

Just in case someone thinks this TR is worthy of being featured. ;) 2025 was a good year for checking things off the "Things to do and see in Yellowstone" list. In August @Bob , @scatman , and I backpacked the Sky Rim and Specimen Creek Trails (in addition to a portion of the Gallatin...

A late fall trip with the wife on the upper Henry's Fork. Had the entire river to ourselves....plus the Moose. Lots of big fish in the deep pools, ducks and herons.

A day after our day hike to Violet Springs and Hayden Valley, and a hearty breakfast at the Old Faithful Inn, we checked out from the cabins at Old Faithful and headed to Island Park to meet up with @Bob who would shuttle us from the Bechler Ranger Station to the Buffalo Trail Trailhead, which...

This place was wild. We climbed a cinder cone, hiked to some tree molds in the lava, and hiked to and into one of the open lava tubes. (Jackie's photos) this is the view from the top of the cinder cone loved the colorful lichen on the rocks lava lava everywhere

With our move settled and getting used to the routine of our new work places it's time to start backpacking again. Despite the smoky summer. Lacey and I headed into the mountains Saturday knowing thunderstorms were on the forecast. While this may have deterred some, the two of us saw it as an...

July 9-11, 2020 My brother and I decided on doing this loop in the Sawtooth Mountains: Day 1- Redfish Lake to Hell Roaring Lake (10.25 mi) Day 2- Hell Roaring Lake to Edna Lake (10 mi) Day 3- Edna Lake to Redfish Lake (14.25 mi) This ended up being a total of 34.5 miles. We originally planned to...

Five of us - 4 from Houston Texas and a local from Ketchum - did a 3 1/2 day trek from Redfish Lake inlet to Pettit Lake (Tin Cup TH) during the week of August 18-22. The route was as follows: Tues: Redfish inlet to Cramer Lakes Wed: Cramer Lakes to Lake Edna Thurs: Lake Edna to Lake Alice via...

Hello again BCP! I'll be skipping on posting here for my Wind River Range trip as it's nothing new or crazy, plus most of the people here I assume have been to the Winds given that tons of posts here about the winds inspired me to go there (they were awesome). Although super crowded with people...

Hello everyone. It's been a minute. First things first, the new; I got a new 4k video camera! So my videos are finally 4k! Second, in the video I keep saying Myers Creek Ranch for some reason. I have no idea why I kept saying it when I meant Sheep Creek Ranch. Summary: Originally we planned 3...

Between March and September of 2019, I hiked an absolutely amazing route through the heart of the West. I began atop a "sky island" on the Arizona/Mexico border and finished in a deep, dark ancient cedar and hemlock forest on the Idaho/Canada border. And in between, I saw a lot of cool stuff! I...

A day hike we took to the Saddleback Lakes. This hike is pretty strenuous, but the views are absolutely incredible!!

Me and 3 buddies all from Salt Lake planned a trip to the Sawtooths. Drive time was 5 hours, not terrible especially considering the hot springs pit stop. Trail of choice was the Alpine Creek trail located at Alturas Lake. We are all hammock hangers and found great spots to camp at all the...

October 5-6, 2018 My summer backpacking season was a bit of a letdown this year. I got 3 nights out, but had planned on 7 or 8, with my biggest trip entirely falling through, so I had been feeling a bit frustrated. Additionally, I had a trip planned with @scatman for October 5-8 in Wyoming, but...

A few weeks ago I embarked on a 12 day trip to Idaho and Alaska. The first stop on my trip was to visit @Ben and his fiance Brittinei for a few days of backpacking in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho. The Sawtooths had been high on my list since reading a bunch of Ben's reports a few years...

The Nez Perce Trail/Magruder Corridore basically runs from Conner, Montana (approximately 7 miles south of Darby, MT) to Elk City, Idaho. Much of it is sandwiched between two wilderness areas, the Selway-Bitterroot to the north and the Frank Church River of No Return on the south-some 3.5...

In August 2017 I set out on an 8 day solo hike in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho (link to my very detailed blog post with tons of pictures). I created a High Route that included several days of off trail hiking and some remote sections of the wilderness: Here's a breakdown of the route...