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Distel32
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Joined: 03 Jun 2014
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Location: Edmonds, WA
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Ben (NorthBen) and I did a 40-mile traverse (12,000' gain) of the eastern half of the Sawtooth Wilderness.
With 20 of the 40 miles being cross country, it was scenic, offered a lot of solitude, and was extremely difficult. I'm already looking forward to going back for the western half next year.
Blog with captions. Photos are in chronological order.
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RichP
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Joined: 13 Jul 2006
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Location: Seattle
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I'm over in Idaho on a family visit and checking out some properties for a potential future move. It's a different world over here. Beautiful photos. 
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awilsondc
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Joined: 03 Apr 2016
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| I miss the Idaho high country. You cruised through some beautiful country, that's a heck of a trip! |
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neek
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Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| So jealous! I had a (more modest) trip planned there last month but had to cancel due to a storm. Nice shots (Saddleback Lake, wow). Glad to see the smoke has cleared. |
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texasbb
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Joined: 30 Mar 2009
Posts: 807 | TRs
Location: Tri-Cities, WA
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| My, oh my, I have to get over there. Mesmerizing. |
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DIYSteve
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Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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Location: here now
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Cool Luke Small world. Anita and I did a 6-day trip in the Idaho Sawtooths the prior week, mostly off trail, connecting subalpine basins via alpine cols. After the first camp we had the place to ourselves. Fantastic camps and the fishing was great.
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Distel32
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Joined: 03 Jun 2014
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Location: Edmonds, WA
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Rich-AW-Neek-Tex: yeah it's an awesome area. Lots of exploring to do there...
Steve: we saw fish in almost every lake, but not that size! Glad you two got out there as well. |
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NorDub
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Joined: 17 Jul 2015
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Location: Redmond
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What a stunning picture with great color!
DIYSteve: Wow, what a fish! |
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Brushbuffalo
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Joined: 17 Sep 2015
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Location: there earlier, here now, somewhere later... Bellingham in between
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Burly, Luke!
A whopper, Steve! Fly-caught? ( don't tell me that's one of the smaller ones) 
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Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still |
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DIYSteve
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Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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Location: here now
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| Brushbuffalo wrote: |
| Fly-caught? |
Nope. Jake's Spin-a-lure |
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HermitThrush
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Location: WA
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| Where might I find a paper map of this route? What did you use? |
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Backpacker Joe
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Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Cle Elum
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| DIYSteve wrote: |
Cool Luke Small world. Anita and I did a 6-day trip in the Idaho Sawtooths the prior week, mostly off trail, connecting subalpine basins via alpine cols. After the first camp we had the place to ourselves. Fantastic camps and the fishing was great.
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Considering how "Big" Steve is, that's a "Big" fish. Nice one Steve"O"
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DIYSteve
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Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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Location: here now
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| HermitThrush wrote: |
| Where might I find a paper map of this route? |
I don't do red line maps of off-trail routes. PM me if you want route info. |
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HermitThrush
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Joined: 14 Jan 2016
Posts: 299 | TRs
Location: WA
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| DIYSteve wrote: |
| HermitThrush wrote: |
| Where might I find a paper map of this route? |
I don't do red line maps of off-trail routes. PM me if you want route info. |
I wasn't actually looking for the map of your exact route, just a map of the area - and I actually already found that on REI. I'll be sure to PM you if have questions. Thanks Steve. |
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vistas
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