Tucked away in 's rugged Sawtooth Wilderness, Hidden Lake offers anglers and campers a rare escape from Idahobusy tourist trails. This alpine gem sits quietly at over 8,500 feet, surrounded by ...

The abundance of high mountain lakes in southwestern Montana presents innumerable great opportunities to Take It Outside. The hard part is deciding where to go. Pick a mountain range, then pick a lake ...

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 ...

A fire at a high mountain lake in the Sawtooth Range has shut down access to several popular trails as firefighters work to get the blaze under control. The 44-acre Alpine Lake Fire is burning east of ...

From mountain ranges to lakes to national parks, the western United States has an abundance of staggering natural beauty. This is part of a new USA TODAY network project showcasing breathtaking – and ...

A wildfire that has been burning in the Sawtooth Mountains for nearly a month exploded with activity over the weekend, prompting an evacuation and closures of roads, recreation areas and trails. A ...

Spring came late to the high country in the East Pioneer Mountains this year, just northwest of Dillon in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.

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 — ...