Sawtooth Lake is magnificent. I was there in August 2014. I too appreciate your minimal narration (as with lthe videos posted by Harmen Hoek and Kraig Adams). Thank you for sharing your trip!
very nice my old stomping grounds and reminds me of one of my old videos i used to be Idahos mountains goat on youtube i now live in northwest montana i miss the sawtooths i will get back to them.
@@seekingthetrail9830 Your welcome i enjoy northwest montana i do alot of gold minning have been thinking of starting another channel,have you been north of ketchum idaho on the otherside of galena summit look for the petit lake loop its a popular loop i used to live in ketchum and from ketchum all the way to stanley there is amazing hiking.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, I've scaled back on doing a lot of talking. Taking the Kraig Adams approach and letting nature do most the of the talking in the videos. I stayed at the second small no name lake South of Sawtooth Lake directly off the Sawtooth Lake Trail.
Thank you for this amazing video. Quality of camera and film work is excellent and provides a great overview of the backpack. Hoping to do this with friends later this year so really appreciate the insight and details. Was curious if you had any issues with stream crossings as you started relatively early? Are there any planning resources you would recommend? Cheers!
Thank you very much for the positive feedback. As far as stream crossings, no I did not have any issues. There weren't many and all of them were below my knees. Good resources - for maps, I used the National Geographic version for the Sawtooth National Recreation Area which you can buy on Amazon. The Alltrails app has the route with some good information. For reserving campsites around the Sawtooths like Grandjean, you can go to Recreation.gov to reserve a site.
Wow! This is beautiful videography! Thank you for sharing! The Sawtooths are a bucket list item for me. Was wondering if you used a bear canister and if it was required? Again, thank you for sharing this beautiful part of the country.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video. It is an amazing area and should be on any backpacker's buck list to hike. Bear canisters are not required. I used an Ursack and didn't have any issues with critters.
Wow, I want to go to a mountain with such a wonderful scenery. It looks so grand. It looks bigger and grander than the mountains in Korea. Is there a bear? I heard that there are many wild animals in foreign mountains... Korea is okay because there are no dangerous wild animals. However, I heard that there are many dangerous wild animals in large mountains in other countries. Isn't there such a risk here?
Thank you watching and for your comments. There are many mountainous regions in the Western United States that offer scenery much like the Sawtooth mountain range. Depending on the mountain range you are in, you can see a variety of different wildlife, including those that are dangerous. Black bears are very common to see in most areas. In some areas you can come across grizzly bears or mountain lions.
Glad you enjoyed the video! I'm sure there are references out there that detail where campsites are...I didn't use any. Since this was a national forest area, I knew that you can camp anywhere in the area. From watching other videos, there always seemed to be campsites at almost every lake along the trails. That seemed to be the case from what I notice. So I planned my trip staying at a lake each night and had no problem finding a camp sight.
Thank you very much. The hike was done the first week of July. No bears or any large animal sightings the entire hike. Only wildlife was a marmot near Sawtooth lake on the last day. The Black flies were terrible in the area :(
Absolutely beautiful, wondering how you managed to get all that video with out any people other than the alpaca herders in your shots? Also, what month did you do this in? With scenery like that you really don't need much help in getting great shots but you went above and beyond.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it. Surprisingly, I did not run into too many people during the trip except around Middle/Lower Cramer Lakes and Sawtooth Lake. I did the trip in July around the 4th of July week
On AllTrails type in "Sawtooth Wilderness Loop". It is listed as 62.1 miles in length starting and finishing at Grand Jean trailhead. If you do this hike, I recommend going counter- clockwise so that you can finish your trip at the beautiful Sawtooth Lake and the last leg of the loop is downhill.
