Sawtooth National Forest Idaho Pick your sunsets carefully, and you may witness the serrated Sawtooth Mountains live up to their name, as they rip storm clouds into shreds of purple, orange, and vermilion. Situated in south central Idaho, the Sawtooth extends into Utah, thus encompassing not only northern glacial mountain peaks like the 12,076-foot Hyndman Peak, but also the surreal salt flats of the Great Salt Lake. The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses 2.1 million acres of the most magnificent and wildest country available in the U.S. this side of Alaska. The forest boasts some 1,100 lakes and more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams. Annual runs of salmon and steelhead tease anglers along the riverbanks.
Native trout are abundant.
And it's not just the fish that run these pristine rivers, rafters and kayakers descend the whitewater turbulence with equal enthusiasm. All rights reserved.