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Jewels of the Sawtooths: Backpacking to Alice, Hell Roaring, and Imogene Lakes

By Michael Lanza We sit on the bank of Pettit Lake Creek and remove our boots and socks to ford it. It’s the third week in June, and winter is just winding down in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. The creek...

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My Top 10 Favorite Backpacking Trips

By Michael Lanza What makes a great backpacking trip? I’ve thought about that more than a mentally stable person probably should, having done many of America’s (and the world’s) most beautiful and...

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Tent Flap With A View: 25 Favorite Backcountry Campsites

By Michael Lanza An unforgettable campsite can define a backcountry trip. Sometimes that perfect spot where you spend a night forges the memory that remains the most vivid long after you’ve gone home....

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Ask Me: What Are the Best Hikes in Idaho’s Sawtooths?

Hi Michael, I’m an avid reader of your blog and know that you’re very familiar with Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, so I was hoping you could give me some advice on either a good 3-day backpacking route or...

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Photo Gallery: 15 Favorite Backcountry Lakes

By Michael Lanza Water makes up about 60 percent of our bodies—and, I suspect, 100 percent of our hearts. We crave it not only physically, for survival, but emotionally, for spiritual rejuvenation. We...

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Photo Gallery: Mountain Lakes of Idaho’s Sawtooths

By Michael Lanza I’m stepping out on a limb here, but I think there are very few mountain ranges in America with as many drop-dead, gorgeous high mountain lakes as Idaho’s Sawtooths. In fact, the only...

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10 Favorite Photos From 2014 Adventures

By Michael Lanza Was 2014 a good year for you? After poring through thousands of photos I shot on more than a dozen trips this year, including return visits to iconic national parks like Yosemite and...

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12 Photos From 2018 That Will Inspire You to Get Outdoors

Todd Arndt on the Observation Point Trail in Zion National Park. By Michael Lanza What adventures did you take in 2018 that inspired you? I hope you enjoyed at least a few. I did. The 12 photos in...

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The Best of Idaho’s Sawtooths: Backpacking Redfish to Pettit

By Michael Lanza Hiking up a forested section of Trail 101 in the Redfish Creek Valley of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, as I’m following a short distance behind a trio of loudly jabbering, 15-year-old...

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5 Reasons You Must Backpack Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains

By Michael Lanza Chances are that, by now, you’ve heard of Idaho’s Sawtooths—having typed that name into a search box may be the reason you’ve landed on this story. Maybe you’ve been intrigued at what...

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15 Great Backpacking Trips You Can Still Take in 2021

By Michael Lanza So you didn’t plan months in advance to reserve a permit for backpacking this summer in Glacier, Yosemite, on the Teton Crest Trail, Wonderland Trail, or John Muir Trail or in another...

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Extreme Hiking: America’s Best Hard Dayhikes

By Michael Lanza Imagine this: You’re heading out on a long, beautiful hike deep in the backcountry, but instead of a full backpack, you carry a light daypack. You’ve avoided hassles with getting a...

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Photo Gallery: Hiking and Backpacking Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains

By Michael Lanza When can you claim to know a mountain range well? Maybe it’s once you have spent enough time—certainly measured in years, and probably decades—that you have explored beyond the most...

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