Posts Tagged: backpacking idaho

I grew up in Idaho and have been wanting to climb Mount Borah for a few years; basically since I started climbing mountains over the past little while, Borah has been on my list. I wanted to get it done this year, and I felt like October was the last month I would be able […]

A few years back, a friend and I decided to go on a backpacking trip into the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. This was basically the first backpacking trip that I had planned and executed. My friend and I planned it, but prior to this trek, I had only gone backpacking with youth groups for church […]

The Seven Devils mountains are a rugged bunch of sky scraping, basalt pinnacles. Though the peak elevation of this geographically small region at He Devil is only 9,393 ft., short by most diehards’ standards, the stunning fluctuations between the ancient and narrow, lake-filled, green glacial valleys walled in by their towering, lord like, mountain brethren […]

This Spring I had a pretty great backpacking trip through the Sawtooth Mountains starting from Stanley Lake in early April. We took a spontaneous trip to Stanley and camped next to Stanley Lake. We decided shortly after we set up camp to try to backpack to McGown Peak, one of the tallest peak in the […]

The Saint Joe River is one of great beauty, even for Idaho standards. The water is clear and clean, and flows through a canyon that forces the hiker to experience shades of green that would make Tom Bombadil envious. That is a Lord of the Rings reference folks. Read it. This river hosts large, well […]

This is my favorite hike ever. It is the Beatles of hiking, the Yankees of vistas, the god damn Micheal Jordan of “holy balls, am I in Middle-Earth?” It offers incredible solitude, an unbelievable view of 4 of Idaho’s tallest, and climbable, peaks, including two of the most photographed mountains in Idaho, Merriam and Castle […]

A relatively short drive from Boise, ID, and a very short drive from McCall, ID make this hike a quick getaway for the weekend warrior. This hike will put you high in the western edge of Idaho’s central mountains, away from many people, with great views and easy trails. The trailhead begins at a campground […]