Trail Information

Trail Information

Explore the Sawtooth & White Cloud Mountains

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) has many roads and trails to access its beauty. Please respect this special place by following Leave No Trace principles and the local regulations. Some rules and practices differ from other public lands and regions. Start with the first step of Leave No Trace by planning ahead and preparing for your next adventure!

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Looking down on 4th of july lake with a peak behind and lingering snow

4th of July Lake

Curved mountain peak catching the last light of the day above Alice Lake.

Alice Lake

Alice-Toxaway Loop

Ariel view of Pettit Lake

Along Pettit Lake

Alpine Creek

Alpine Lake

Alpine Lake (Iron Creek)

Alpine Lake (Redfish)

Old mining equipment resting in the bushes.

Alturas Lake

Bike leaning against a tree on a trail looking down at redfish lake

Around Redfish Lake

Columbine with baron lakes and baron spire in the background.

Baron Lakes

Sunrise on Mt. Heyburn reflected in bench Lake

Bench Lakes

Born Lakes

Looking down on one of the Boulder Chain Lakes.

Boulder Chain Lakes

sunset over the sawtooth range with a sagebrush covered hill in the foreground.

Boundary Creek

Stanley Lake Trail with McGowan in the background

Bridal Veil Falls

Cabin Creek

Chamberlain Basin

Looking across Cramer Lakes to the cliffy mountain sides above.

Cramer Lakes

Looking down on stanley lake from the elk mountain loop

Elk Mountain Loop

Farley Lake

Group biking the trail, all stopped and gathered at a lookout in the burned forest.

Fisher-Williams Loop

Fishhook Creek

Fishhook Creek Nature Trail

Flat Rock Junction

Garden of the Giants

Man in a hat sits looking at a partially frozen lake surrounded by snowy cliffs.

Goat Lake

Columbine with baron lakes and baron spire in the background.

Grand Sawtooth Loop

Logs piled at the outlet of Hell Roaring lake with mountains and the Finger of Fate granite spire in the distance.

Hell Roaring Lake

Edge of the lookout building looking across at the white cloud mountains.

Horton Peak

Tent by a calm Imogene Lake

Imogene Lake

Island lake surrounded by cliffs and bushes in fall colors.

Island Lake

Stanley Lake Trail with McGowan in the background

Lady Face Falls

lily pond still with the mountains reflecting

Lily Pond and the Waterfall

Little Boulder and Big Boulder Loop

Lookout Peak

Marshal lake in the fall with yellow willows bordering the edge.

Marshall Lake

Fire scared landscape with clouds settled in the valley and mountains beyond.

Observation Peak

Trail across the mountain side with Grand Mogul in the background

Redfish Ridge (One Way)

Redfish Ridge (Round Trip)

Green lake and Elephants perch rock formation at Saddleback lakes

Saddleback Lakes

Sawtooth Lake, Mt Regan in the background

Sawtooth Lake

Columbine with baron lakes and baron spire in the background.

Sawtooth Wilderness Loop

Stanley Lake

Looking down on toxaway lake through a thin veil of smokey with Snowyside Mountain in the background.

Toxaway Lake

Wilderness ranger stands by his tent at trail creek lake with a jagged ridge and cliffs across the lake.

Trail Creek Lakes

July snow covered mountains looking down onto twin lakes.

Twin Lakes

Walker Lake

Washington Lake

McDonald Lake boarded by clouds above and yellow marsh grass on the shores.

Yellowbelly Lake & McDonald Lake

This resource was funded in part by the Idaho SNRA Goat Plate license plate fund, administered by the Sawtooth Society. Contact us with suggested changes and improvements.

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(O) (208)721-5658

Mailing Address:
PO Box 75
Stanley, ID 83278

Physical Address:
2 Museum Drive

Summer Locations:

Stanley Museum and Office
(208)774-3517

Redfish Visitor Center & Gallery
(208)774-3376

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The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association is located in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Agaidika, Dukudeka, and other bands of today’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. SIHA also provides services in Ranger Stations on the Salmon-Challis and Caribou-Targhee National Forests, the traditional territory of the Shoshone-Bannock, Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Apsáalooke (Crow), and Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) people. Learn more and read our full land acknowledgement here.