It’s Not Like the Pictures Story and Photos by Maddie Bradshaw We drove around in the dark for what felt like hours. All the campsites were filled with people. It was around midnight when we realized we might not be … Continue reading
And Later Climbs in the Sawtooths Story and Photos by Ray Brooks “Rugged country,” a painter friend of mountaineer Robert Underhill said about Idaho’s Sawtooth Range in the early 1930s. “Awful rugged country. Miles and miles of sharp jagged pinnacles … Continue reading
After a Decade’s Wait By Michael Stubbs We hiked for five-and-a-half hours today. I’m tired and hot. My skin is crusted with the salt of my sweat. My arms stick to my shirtless sides. Nevertheless, I hesitate to dive into … Continue reading
Running Down a Dream By Alice Schenk In last month’s issue of IDAHO magazine, Alice Schenk described her 2012 solo run of the Sawtooth Relay. This month, she recounts repeating the feat in 2013. June 8, 2013 In the heart … Continue reading
Running Solo in the Sawtooth Relay By Alice Schenk If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving. —Martin Luther King Jr. I check in at midnight on … Continue reading
A Mind-Body Experience By Nancy Owens Barnes For weeks, the Sawtooth & White Cloud Mountains Trail Map lay spread across my husband’s desk. He studied it hours at a time, following trails with his finger, supplementing the map with computerized … Continue reading
On the Centennial Trail Story and Photos by Michael Stubbs Tom Klein swore he wasn’t writing a book and wasn’t having a midlife crisis. He simply wanted to see Idaho on foot—nine hundred miles or more along the Idaho Centennial … Continue reading
Mountain-Climbing with the Master By Elijah Weber As we ascended the mountain, we swung our ice axes into the snow and listened for sharp reports, hoping to get solid purchase in the ice hidden beneath. Reassuring thumps radiated off our … Continue reading
A 440-Mile Bikepacking Race By Travis Armstrong Photos by Robert Huguez Photography It was a moment I hope never to forget. Near midnight on a crisp September night in the Idaho mountains, I had been perched on the seat of … Continue reading
On a dramatic August morning, partly cloudy with a storm moving in, we awaken to the beauty of Grand Mogul and Mount Heyburn, two of many peaks in the Sawtooth Range.
I’m excited at the prospect of my first overnight backpacking trip, which will include a six-and-a-half-mile hike with a gain in elevation of about 1,826 feet and a stream to cross. Our destination is the three Cramer Lakes, lower, upper, and middle, deep in the Sawtooths. Continue reading
