On a recent backpacking trip to Sawtooth Lake, a friend and I encountered dozens of other hikers, several other backpackers and a couple of trail runners. When we got to Sawtooth Lake right around ...

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is known for its scenic views and numerous outdoor opportunities. Whether you’re heading up to the area to enjoy the sights with your family or you’re just ...

In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Bill Platts’ job was to survey dozens of lakes in and around Central Idaho, examining their water quality and the suitability of their fish habitat. One day in August ...

Eric and Shaylin Heywood packed up their life and left behind their full-time gigs to purchase a patch of land in Carey, ...

The wilderness around Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain range, the state’s best-known mountains, is part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The views of its many 10,000-plus-foot peaks are spectacular ...

The final set of high school football all-conference awards has been announced for the 4A Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference.

Nothing quite beats the feeling of waking up to a calm, quiet, high-mountain lake, like this scene at dawn on a trip in 2021 to Sawtooth Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness in the Sawtooth National ...

President Theodore Roosevelt first set aside the region of the Sawtooth Mountains as a Forest Reserve, and advocates for tourism wanted to draw visitors in. And as the Sawtooths gained recognition — ...