Comments on: Going After Goals: Backpacking In Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/ America’s Best Backpacking and Outdoor Adventures Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-178643 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:02:56 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-178643 In reply to Christine.

Hi Christine,

Thanks for the kind words and I’m glad you found my blog. You may want to check out my list of “America’s Top 10 Best Backpacking Trips.”

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]]> By: Christine https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-178629 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:09:27 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-178629 What a beautiful place. I will definitely need to add this to my list of dream hikes.

I only found your website recently but I am really enjoying how thoughtful and informative your writing is, thank you for sharing it with everyone!

]]> By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-148406 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:37:12 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-148406 In reply to Steve.

Hi Steve,

Arrowhead Lake lies deep in Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness. From the Queens River Trailhead (west of Atlanta, Idaho), Arrowhead is almost right in the middle of a nearly 30-mile loop on the Queens River Trail 458, Little Queens River Trail 454, and Trail 494. It’s a very pretty loop, and in the trip described in this story, we nearly doubled the distance by continuing out-and-back off the loop to Rock Slide, Spangle, and Heart Lakes via Benedict Trail 462, Middle Fork Boise River Trail 460, and Trail 461.

Thanks for the question.

Michael

]]> By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-148401 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:26:43 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-148401 In reply to Jennifer Simpson.

Hi Jennifer,

No, I’m not in the habit of recording tracks on a GPS on hikes where the trails are generally good and easy to follow.

Michael

]]> By: Steve https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-148337 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 02:09:04 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-148337 Hi Micbael,

I enjoyed your info about Arrowhead Lake in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. I can’t find any detailed info about getting there. It is one of the few lakes I haven’t hiked to in that area.

I have been to Goat and Baptie Lakes and they are amazing.
How long of a hike is it to Arrowhead Lake?

Thanks, Steve

]]> By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-128318 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:08:09 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-128318 In reply to Phil Platts.

Thanks for sharing that, Phil. Both the Sawtooths and White Clouds are gems. I have even more exploring to do in each range.

]]> By: Phil Platts https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-128317 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:57:54 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-128317 I have to agree the Sawtooths are a gem! I grew up in Ketchum, Idaho, with very active parents. They took us skiing in the winter and hiking and backpacking in the summer, we went on many backpacking trips into the Sawtooth and White Cloud ranges. What great memories.

Phil

]]> By: Jennifer Simpson https://thebigoutsideblog.com/going-after-goals-backpacking-in-idahos-sawtooth-mountains/#comment-102820 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:37:57 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=7226#comment-102820 Hi Michael, I planned a successful trip with my sisters to Sequoia last year based entirely on your post, thanks! It was mind-blowing (I have to get my pictures up soon) and I took my packraft out onto several of the lakes, including Columbine.

I am considering a trip to the Sawtooths the first week of September, and I am wondering if you record .gpx tracks when you’re doing these trails? While I know how to use a map and compass, and one of my sisters has taken a Mountaineers navigation course, I like the back-up security of tracks for these more isolated hikes. I would download tracks into my Garmin. If yes, would the tracks be something you could include as part of a consult? –Thanks, Jenny

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