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Most
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hiking,
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Iron
Creek to Sawtooth
Lake
Stanley, ID-Entire
generations of photographers
have packed their
35-mm, 2.25-inch,
and bulky view cameras
with tripods the 4
miles, and 1,700 feet
in elevation, to Sawtooth
Lake, the largest
alpine lake in the
Sawtooth Mountains.Hiking
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Big
Baldy - Indian Creek
Loop
Cascade, ID-This hike
is one of the most
remote in Idaho. Aside
from the stretch along
the Middle Fork of
the Salmon River,
encountering another
hiker would be a surprise.
This is the most spectacular
hike in the Frank
Church–River
of No Return Wilderness.Hiking
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Copyright Ralph Maughan
& Jackie Johnson
Maughan Published
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Boulder
Chain Lakes
Challis, ID-This hike
will confirm everything
you may have heard
about the beauty of
the White Clouds and
Castle Peak. It has
just about every lure
for the outdoorsperson:
deep, cool forests,
mountain springs,
lakes to fish or swim,
mountains to climbHiking
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& Jackie Johnson
Maughan Published
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Toxaway
- Pettit Loop
Stanley, ID-This is
a classic backpacking
trip in the Sawtooth
Mountains. The 18-mile
loop begins and ends
at Pettit Lake, a
large moraine lake
on the valley floor.
The loop encounters
all the features that
have made the Sawtooths
famous: toothed peaks,
glacial boulders,
large and small mountain
lakes, avalanche runs,
talus slides, granite
cliffs, mountain meadows,
waterfalls, cascading
streams, and dense
stands of lodgepole
pine. Hiking
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Rainbow
Lakes
Mountain Home, ID-Beautiful
scenery, including
nine fishable lakes
close together. Rainbow
Lakes Trail is open
to foot traffic only,
meaning no horses
or mountain bikes.
There is no forage
or room at the lakes
for horses.Hiking
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Boulder
- Louie Lakes Loop
McCall, ID-A very
pretty lake loop in
scenic granite mountains.
This is a popular
area with routes to
two different lakes
that can put you in
some very beautiful
country quickly. A
loop trip is also
possible with a connecting
trail between the
lakes. Use can be
heavy on weekends.Hiking
Trails |
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Skinnydipper
Hot Spring
Crouch, ID-Hot pools
up a steep and hot
hillside above the
South Fork Payette
River, reached by
a 0.5-mile path that
feels like a mile.
Swimwear superfluous.
A waterfall cascades
over a cliff and pours
through a chain of
small pools that drop
step by rocky step
down the canyon floorHiking
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Goldbug
(Elk Bend) Hot Springs
Salmon, ID-A day hike
climbing to steamy
soaks and hot waterfalls
in a desert canyon.
It’s a bathing
suit/ birthday suit
mix. A brisk climb
up a craggy desert
canyon ends at a green
oasis where lush undergrowth
borders a tumbling
geothermal streamHiking
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Bear
Creek Hot Springs
Idaho Falls, ID-An
overnighter for experienced
trekkers only to a
soaking pool in a
mountain meadow near
Palisades Reservoir.
Naked bodies welcome.
This expedition is
a challenge physically,
with several major
stream fords followed
by a grueling climb,
and it’s a navigational
challenge as well.
Not only aren’t
the hot springs marked
on either map, but
the final (crucial)
path isn’t shown.Hiking
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North American wonders reach from from the lofty peaks
of the Cascade Mountain range to the watery paradise of Florida's Everglades.
The South American natural forces can be witnessed in
countless forms--you'll find them cascading over the Devil's Throat of
the Iguazu Falls, flooding Llanos grasslands.
The Australian Great Barrier Reef stretches to Papua
New Guinea, while New Zealand's Tongariro volcano towers above waves of
rugged hills.
The African Congo Basin is a network of swamps and emerald
forests as diverse as the four counterpoints it unifies. The European
and Middle Eastern natural histories include building castles on its rocky
peaks, painting frescoes in its caves, trading through its passes, and
perishing at its mercy.
The European and Middle Eastern natural
histories include building castles on its rocky peaks, painting frescoes
in its caves, trading through its passes, and perishing at its mercy.
The dual Asian power of nature is demonstrated through
the elements at play in Asia. Fire-spewing volcanoes raise new lands from
their summits.Ocean-worlds house water-kingdoms. Finally earth-bound and
sky-stretching mountains--figures of inspiration.
The Polar Regions are an icy wilderness where the frozen
fingertips of polar icecaps feel their way across stretches of land and
water, the Arctic and Antarctic form the polar regions of our globe.
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