Tag: lake
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Wilson Flat Loop
While most Boiseans are familiar with our local reservoirs, Lucky Peak and Arrowrock, a surprising number haven’t made the trip to nearby Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Only 20 miles northeast of Mountain Home, where the sagebrush hills meet the forested mountains of the Trinity and Boise Ranges, the lake is held back by an earth rockfill…
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Rainbow Basin
The Trinity Peak fire lookout tower watches over some of the most magnificent and expansive terrain in the Boise Mountain Range, including the nine lakes along Rainbow Basin Trail, all of which can be hiked to in one day along this 12.4-mile route. If you’re seeking a trail that is as strikingly beautiful as any…
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South Fork Boise River Scenic Byway
Most Boiseans probably know Black’s Creek Road as the last interstate exit before entering Boise proper, or the route to historic Bonneville Point, where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party first laid eyes on the Treasure Valley and the seam of green running through it, prompting exclamations of “Les Bois! Les Bois!” However, those…
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Granite Peak to Tripod Peak Lookout via West Mountain Trail
There are hundreds of fire lookout towers on the high peaks of Idaho’s forests, many of which are still manned in the summer as the first line of defense against wildfires. One of them sits precariously atop Tripod Peak, which looms over Round Valley, Long Valley, and Cascade Reservoir, with expansive views north to the…
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Smith Creek Lake and North Star Lake via Upper Lava Mountain Trail
High in the Boise Range, two pristine alpine lakes sit largely undisturbed, seldom visited by hikers despite their proximity to the Boise metro area. They are the two major landmarks along Lava Mountain Trail, which travels east-west from the town of Prairie to the western slope of Trinity Peak. From the upper trailhead, both lakes…
Exploring Boise's Wilderness 