page_title: Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Sawtooth Range (Idaho) / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: The Sawtooth Range from Sand Mountain Pass in the Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho, United States.
context_page_description: The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, United States, reaching a maximum elevation of 10,751 feet at the summit of Thompson Peak. It encompass an area of 678 square miles spanning parts of Custer, Boise, Blaine, and Elmore counties, and is bordered to the east by the Sawtooth Valley. Much of the mountain range is within the Sawtooth Wilderness, part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Sawtooth National Forest.
  The mountains were named for their jagged peaks.
context_section_description: There are 40 trails totaling nearly 350 miles (560 km) in the Sawtooth Wilderness that can be used for day hiking, backpacking, and horseback riding and accessed from 23 trailheads. Additional trails traverse the foothills of the mountains outside the designated wilderness. Camping is permitted anywhere in the wilderness. There are several developed campgrounds on the western side of range, outside the Sawtooth Wilderness, including at Redfish, Little Redfish, Alturas, Pettit, and Stanley lakes, as well as at Iron Creek. Restrictions on fires and animals apply in some areas.
caption: Sawtooth Mountain Panorama.
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