A hiker's bridge over Trail Creek is crossed early in the hike.
Rugged canyon walls flank both sides of the lower South Fork of the Payette River.
Much of the South Fork of the Payette was burned in the Rabbit Creek Fire (1994), so the trail passes through large swaths of regrowth.
Trail sign at the Baron Creek junction.
Morning light creeps down the canyon wall to the South Fork of the Payette River.
The South Fork of the Payetter River.
An old and weather trail sign at the junction with the Picket Mountain Trail.
Another classic old and weathered trail sign.
Sunrise over the eastern Sawtooths from high up on the Pickett Mountain Trail.
July wildflowers decorate the south facing hillsides near the saddle below Picket Mountain.
A stunning view of the North Raker from the flanks of Picket Mountain.
Sunset illuminated the Rabbit Creek (1994) fire scars on the north flanks of Picket Mountain.
Looking across the South Fork of the Payette into the Goat and Baron Creek drainages.
Rabbit Creek Fire scars.
Green grass in July stands in stark contrast to the Rabbit Creek Fire scars.
Light and dark across a burned landscape.
Evening fades across the eastern Sawtooths with a stunning view up the South Fork of the Payette River.
Morning moonrise over the Sawtooth Mountains from Picket Mountain.
The first light creeps into the South Fork of the Payette River from the summit of Pickett Mountain.
Sunrise on Picket Mountain above Grandjean and the South Fork of the Payette River.
Sunrise on Picket Mountain with the high peaks of the Sawtooth Range in the background.
Sunrise on the south flanks of Picket Mountain.
A single burned tree against a backdrop of fire scars in Arrasta Creek.