Photo Album List
My photos are organized into albums that are either single day mountain climbs or multiple day backpacking trips. Click on the image to see the album or use the buttons to switch between pages. There are 128 photo albums listed on 13 pages.
Sawtooth Lake
Date: 2007-06-29 -> 2007-07-01
Sawtooth lake is a large and deep lake (about 3/4 mile long) high in the Sawtooth Mountains. This was a weekend trip by the lake in which we started in Gran Jean and walked up and over the north fork of Baron Creek to get to Sawtooth Lake. Then from the lake we walked down into Iron Creek trail head just outside of Stanely.
Boulder Chain Lakes
Date: 2007-06-24
Boulder Chain Lakes are a part of the many lakes scattered around the peaks of the White Cloud mountains. Our access the the lakes was from the East Fork of the Salmon River. From the east fork you can follow Little Boulder Creek most the way to the Lakes. At the fork of Boulder Chain Lakes Creek, you then follow it north into the lakes. The chain lakes include Waterdog Lake, Willow Lake, Hatchet Lake, Shelf Lake, Slide Rock Lake, Lodgepole Lake, Hourglass Lake, Hummock Lake, Hidden Lake, Scoop Lake, Headwall Lake, and Lonesome Lake.
Chamberlain Basin
Date: 2006-08-14 -> 2006-08-25
Chamberlain Basin was the heart of the portion of the Frank Church Wilderness Jason and I backpacked across. Our ten day, 100+ mile adventure took us from the South Fork of the Salmon River up and over into Chamberlain Basin. From there we worked our way to Big Creek, which we followed to the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. From the Middle Fork we worked our way into the Big Horn Crags at met up with horses, fresh food and resupplies at Barking Fox Lake.
Hyndman Peak
Date: 2006-07-29
Hyndman Peak is the 9th tallest peak in Idaho at an elevation of 12,009, the smallest of the Idaho 12,000+ foot peaks. The peak itself is the tallest in the Pioneer Mountains, which are outside of Sun Valley. The standard route from outside of Sun Valley is class 2 climb and its location provides an excellent view of the Idaho mountains.
Thompson Peak
Date: 2006-07-22
Thompson Peak is the highest peak in the Sawtooth Mountains and as such its summit was a prime target for adventure. Located in the northern reaches of the Sawtooths, the summit tops out at an elevation of 10,751 feet. Thompson Peak is accessible from the north via Goat Creek. You can reach Goat Creek from the Iron Creek trail head just outside of Stanley.
Bench Lakes
Date: 2006-07-15
The Bench Lakes are a group of lakes that are located on a few 'benches' above Red Fish Lake and below Mount Heyburn in the Sawtooths. The lakes are up a canyon accessible from the Red Fish Lake Lodge. Though the mantained trail only makes it to the lowest of the lakes, there is an unmarked trail that you can follow via blazes and cairns to reach the upper two lakes.
Cape Horn Mountain
Date: 2005-07-02 -> 2005-07-04
Cape Horn is an area on the edge of the Frank Church Wilderness Area, near the head waters of the Middle Fork. Cape Horn summit is accessible north of Stanley off of Idaho State Highway 21. Our approach of the summit was to first pack to Collie Lake from the Marsh Creek trail head. After camping at Collie Lake we climbed up to the summit the next morning.
Diamond Peak
Date: 2004-09-04
Diamond Peak is the 4th highest peak in Idaho, and one of the 9 12,000+ peaks. This was one of my first climbs in which we climbed from the back side. It was a long climb up to the top, and once we got up to the top the air was very electric. We ended up standing on the top for only about 10-15 minutes before heading back down due to the electricity in the air.