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The High Country

Alpine lakes that hand the peaks right back, miles from the nearest road.

More — First light tops the ridge; the still lake gives it back doubled.

MoreIdaho high country, likely the Sawtooth range
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Why We Go — One peak still awake while the valley gets ready for the night.

Why We GoSawtooth Wilderness Area, central Idaho
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Why We Go II — The brush turns red before the forest catches on.

Why We Go IISawtooth Wilderness Area, central Idaho
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Almost Perfect — The lake keeps a copy of everything above it.

Almost PerfectThe Sawtooth high country, Idaho
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Not Quite — The lake did the mountain twice, to be sure.

Not QuiteSawtooth Range, Idaho
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The Reward — The lake handed the sunrise right back.

The RewardHenry's Lake, eastern Idaho high country
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The Promised Sign — A rainbow spilling straight into a quiet lake.

The Promised SignIdaho high country
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Sole Tenant — One little island keeping the whole lake to itself.

Sole TenantSawtooth Wilderness, Idaho
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Intervention — A scene that played out on a day that could have been dramatically different.

InterventionSawtooths Wilderness Area, central Idaho
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Off the Beaten Path — One ledge, one lake, no path and a view few take the opportunity to see.

Off the Beaten PathSawtooth Wilderness Area, central Idaho
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Hopeful — A whole storm, and the reassurance that it was almost past.

HopefulHenry's Lake, eastern Idaho high country
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