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One hour north of sophisticated Sun Valley, Stanley is a uniquely accessible gateway to the 765,000 acre Sawtooth National Recreation Area. All four major Idaho rivers-the Salmon, South Fork Payette, Boise and Big Wood -- begin within the borders of the SNRA. Combine all that white water with the 180 glacial lakes dotting 217,000 pristine acres of
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SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS and you get endless opportunities for swimming, fishing, boating and float trips. Three prominent mountain ranges -- the spectacular Sawtooths, the White Clouds, and the Salmon River Range -- offer hiking, climbing, backpacking and horseback riding on thousands of miles of trails. |
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The unsurpassed beauty of the terrain varies from golden prairie to dense forest to high mountain lakes and meadows inhabited by eagles, big-horn sheep, mule deer, elk, mountain lion, black bear and the famous (or infamous- according to some ranchers) Sawtooth wolves. |
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This year's fishing season began with a spectacular Spring Steelhead run in late February.
Brook, cutthroat, and rainbow trout are abundant just about wherever you can cast a line.
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Enjoying the natural hot springs
along the banks of the
Salmon River.
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Cowboy Bo, as a young tenderfoot, paddles a rented kayak at nearby Red Fish Lake.
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"Like Christ, and unlike most of the rest of us, a pan-fried trout is utterly forgiving...
If you open your heart and use enough butter, a trout fried in a dredged-up
chrome fender over an acetylene torch is worth eating."
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"My Story As Told By Water"
by James Duncan
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Cowgirl Cleo enjoying a trail ride with one
of the local outfitters.
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Former co-proprietors Jack and Kay Keohane,
backpacking in the nearby
White Cloud Mountains.
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Co-proprietor, Karen Zak, and her lovely accomplice, Kathy, proving even a bad day fishing is better than a good day at the office.
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Cowboy Bo's
Wilderness Fashion Tip:
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A hat should always have a brim wide enough to
shed sun and rain, fan a campfire, dip water and
shy away a mad cow or a too friendly gal.
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" The Wild Bunch" – a local legend in the making!
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Cowgirls whooping it up with
co-proprietors, Karen and Stacy, at another
Annual Burning Woman Birthday Celebration
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© 2002 - 2005 Salmon River Lodge, Stanley All Rights Reserved.
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