Amid Teeth and Claws By Mary Terra-Berns Pink and orange clouds hovered on the horizon as I pulled out of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) compound in the early 1980s on the critical mission to restock toilet
A Wilderness Honeymoon Story and Photos by Taylor Dew Not long after we entered the Sawtooth Range, the peaks that we would circle came into view. We gawked along their ridge line beside an older couple who told
Out-Seussing Seuss By Alessandro Meregaglia The book was “just a lark,” Carol Angerbauer told me. Her grandfather, Henry Senger, sat around a kitchen table with Nick Villeneuve in a remote cabin near Grandjean that they called the “Chimney
Story and Photos by Hayden Seder Exhausted and filthy, I collapsed on the shuttle dock at the far side of Redfish Lake. I tossed my backpack aside, unable to stand looking at it anymore. My three friends and
The Peak That Got Away Story and Photos by Bob Boyles Lady and I had gotten along just fine for about half of the five-day horseback trip up the South Fork of the Payette River, until she bolted
A Small Hand Proffered By Brittney Eggleston Photos by Karl Eggleston Sun shining, a breeze caressing my neck. Not a cloud in the sky on this July day in 2020, and we were able to get an early
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
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
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
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
