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Wildlife Sighting In The Sawtooth

One of the coolest parts about hiking through the Wilderness is the wildlife one sees.

There are mule deeres and mountain squirrel:

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The small rock mice.

And, of course, there are the occasional black bears:

(same bear – just a different picture.)

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Fishin’ Part Two – Looking In The SF Payette

Not one to give up too easy, I tried my hand a fishing the South Fork of the Payette River Wednesday morning near Grandjean. This was after the 20 mile hike – so I was pretty tired, but since I was having a hard time sleeping, I decided to try my luck.

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Tying to Find Fish in the Wilderness

It may sound crazy – but I carried my fly pole with me on the hike across the Sawtooth Mountains. Some folks had told me that there were fish in there hills – and I aimed to find a few.

The first lake I tried was Alpine Lake (see pervious post for picture) – [...]

A 20 Mile Walk Through the Sawtooth Wilderness

As promised, here are a few pictures from my latest adventure – a 20 mile walk from Redfish Lake to Grandjean over the Sawtooth Mountains.

Even though I'm posting this picture first, it was actually taken at the end of the trip…[@more@]   We left on our adventure right after [...]

Three Days, 20 Miles and a Big Mountain

By the time you read this, I will be about 10 miles into the backcountry of the Sawtooth Wilderness.

The crazy thing is that I will also have about 10 more miles of trail ahead of me before the return to civilization. Yelp – I’m attempting a 20 mile backpacking trip across the [...]

2 Men + 2 Nights + Idaho Wilderness = An Adventure

You have to have danger in order to have an adventure. If you don't…then it's just a walk in the park (granted, not Central Park as that can be dangerous).  

Of course, some would say that going backpacking in the Sawtooth wilderness is not dangerous. Well… we didn't have a map?   ok… [...]