23/01/2026
Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest
Four mountain ranges and four major rivers collide in Sawtooth National Forest, a 2.1-million-acre great-outdoors paradise where the landscape has remained virtually unchanged since Sacagawea led Lewis and Clark through here in the early 1800s. The forest is home to dozens of peaks towering to over 10,000 feet, hundreds of sparkling alpine lakes, and more than 3,000 miles of gushing streams. The landscape shifts from pine and aspen woods to grassy meadows and sagebrush flats. Methods of exploration are as vast as the land itself and include backpacking, rafting, skiing, and mountain climbing.