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The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, known for its scenic views and numerous outdoor opportunities, turns 50 this month. Whether you’re heading up to the area to celebrate the anniversary or you’re ...

Nothing quite beats the feeling of waking up to a calm, quiet, high-mountain lake, like this scene at dawn on a trip in 2021 to Sawtooth Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness in the Sawtooth National ...

STANLEY — When I searched for hikes in the Sawtooth Wilderness for a recent camping trip, my eyes were quickly drawn to postcard spots like Sawtooth Lake and Alice Lake. Then reality set in: I wasn’t ...

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is known for its scenic views and numerous outdoor opportunities. Whether you’re heading up to the area to enjoy the sights with your family or you’re just ...

There are 193 million acres of national-forest land in this country, with at least one national forest or national grassland unit in all but eight states. And yet the vast majority of us tend to ...

STANLEY, Idaho — Surrounded by craggy spires of granite with my feet submerged in the glacier-cold water of Sawtooth Lake, I breathed in some of the clearest air in the continental United States. Such ...

On a recent backpacking trip to Sawtooth Lake, a friend and I encountered dozens of other hikers, several other backpackers and a couple of trail runners. When we got to Sawtooth Lake right around ...