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Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
11/20/2014
Sawtooth Lake in July with Mount Regan in the background.
Matt Leidecker
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08/08/2009
The first 2.5 miles of the Fall Creek hike crosses large, open, sage flats before entering Douglas fir forests farther up the canyon.
Matt Leidecker
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09/03/2011
Camp at 9,200 feet in the north lobe of Flytrip Basin.
Matt Leidecker
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09/03/2011
Flytrip Basin sunset.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
08/21/2011
Looking down the classic U-shaped valley of Redfish Lake Creek Canyon that shows much of the terrain covered in the first 4 miles of the hike to Cramer Lakes.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
06/28/2011
Redfish Lake sunrise. The ride circumnavigates this 5-mile long moraine-bound lake.
Matt Leidecker
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06/28/2011
From the Redfish Inlet, the trail climbs above the lake and provides stunning views before it intersects the Bench Lakes Trail and northern moraine ridge.
Matt Leidecker
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08/05/2011
The Ruby Mine entrance at Eureka Gulch. Explore at your own risk.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
09/02/2011
A backpacker cools off in the upper South Alpine Lake in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains.
Andrew Stohner
Photo Date: 
11/06/2013
Sunbeam Hot Springs on the spectacular Salmon River.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
02/17/2012
Skiing the south face of Williams Peak (10,635') in mid-winter corn conditions.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
02/17/2012
Sunrise over the White Clouds Peak at the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
07/13/2011
The gorge downstream from Lady Face Falls on Stanley Lake Creek.
Andrew Stohner
Photo Date: 
09/03/2013
Glassy water makes paddling easy on the Redfish Lake.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
09/15/2011
Cutthroat trout caught in Pats Lake.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
09/15/2011
Sunset over Pats Lake.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
07/01/2011
Redfish Inlet Trail climbs through several switchbacks to gain the Redfish Ridge Trail, but most hikes make a short there-and-back trip to enjoy the shaded old-growth forest along the south shore of the lake.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
09/28/2005
Walking bedrock knobs above Boulder Lake Canyon en route to The Devils Bedstead.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
07/25/2011
The flower displays along the southern edge of Elk Meadow change as the summer progresses. Here is a late June bloom of Mountain shooting star (Dodecatheon jeffreyi).
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
09/19/2005
Enjoying beautiful hand cracks on easy slabs to the summit of Old Decker Peak, accessed via Saddleback Lakes.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date: 
11/20/2014
Looking upstream across the South Fork of the Payette River near Taylor Springs and Big Meadows.

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