Idaho Trip Campsites

Campsite at Alpine Lake, August 19

It is my custom to take a picture of each night’s camping site. This post includes one photo from each of the 17 campsites during last August’s trip to Idaho. Readers will notice an obvious equipment difference between the car camping nights during the early and late dates and the backpacking nights in between. My car camping tent was an REI Half Dome 2. My backpacking shelter was a Hennessey hammock with a MacCat tarp. Only once did I stay in the same spot for two consecutive nights (North Rim No. 40). In order, aside from the photo above, my campsites were:

Amphitheater Campground No. 12, outside Ouray, August 6

Red Canyon No. 2 in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, August 7

Signal Mountain No. 5 in Grand Teton National Park, August 8

Madison Campground Site D147 in Yellowstone National Park, August 9

Grandjean No. 12 in Boise National Forest, August 11

The following photos are campsites along my backpacking route within the Sawtooth Wilderness, except for the Hellraising Trailhead, which lies just outside the wilderness boundary:

Campsite along the South Fork Payette River, August 12

Rock Slide Lake Campsite, August 13

Campsite between Vernon and Edna Lakes, August 14

Campsite at Alice Lake, August 15

Campsite at the Hellroaring trailhead parking area, August 16

Campsite at Imogene Lake, August 17

Campsite at Hidden Lake, August 18

My campsite on Alpine Lake, August 19, is pictured at the top of this post.

Campsite along Baron Creek, August 20

The remaining photos were taken at campsites during the return trip:

Wheeler Peak No. 16 in Great Basin National Park, August 24

Site No. 21 at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State (Utah) Park, August 25

North Rim No. 40 in Grand Canyon National Park, August 26-27

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• Lakes of the Sawtooths, Part 3
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