Photographs from the Sawtooth National Recreation and Wilderness Area in Idaho.
Summer sunrise over the Sawtooth Mountains from Nip and Tuck Road
An island in the middle of an unnamed lake is perfectly illuminated in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
For a moment, the sun broke through the morning’s storm clouds and illuminated the basin.
Magnificent clouds and light painted a scene that so few see.
A September storm passes the Sawtooths and lights up McGown Peak and the meadow below.
Morning light over the boulders that line the shore of Goat Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
We marveled at the massive stack of granite across the lake from us.
One of the lake’s island backlit with crisp, alpine light.
Morning glory of Pettit Lake in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Dawn over a fog covered Sawtooth Valley near Iron Creek..
August sunrise reflected over the middle Baron Lake with Monte Verita on the left and the Baron Spire to the right.
The waterfall from Leah’s Lake was still a raging torrent mid-July.
Our conclusive view of Perfect Peak from the Leah’s Lake.
Looking south over the Twin Lakes from Snowyside Pass.
Rocky spines line the trail to the lake.
The view before crossing the Hell Roaring Lake outlet after an early season backpacking trip in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
Sunset over Firshook Creek in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains
Morning light over Williams and Merritt Peaks from Highway 21 in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
A waterfall near the inlet of Imogene Lake in the Sawtooths.
Dramatic July weather.
Upper Trail Creek Lake, with Peak 9711 in the center.
Sunrise over the lower Twin Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
Summer light on the shore of Imogene.
Mount Heyburn peaking through the fog.
Mount Regan at 10,190' towers 1755' above Idaho's iconic Sawtooth Lake.
A gloomy sunset over Fishhook Creek in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
A beam of sunlight shines through the trees in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
Backlit tree at our camp.
Evening light shines through a meadow below McGown Peak and Stanley Lake.
Wispy clouds blanked the sky above the Upper Baron Lake.
A wispy cloud filled afternoon at Redfish Lake.
Spring wildflowers along the Alpine Way Trail near Redfish Lake.
Lunch break at Alpine Lake.
Payette Peak (10,221') in the Sawtooth Wilderness.
Mount Heyburn shrouded in fog above Redfish Lake.
Golden hour on the rocky cliffs at the far end of the lake.
