Some hikes are all about the beautiful or unique destination — leaving you to decide whether the trip was worth the effort. Some are all about the journey — a great walk that ends at a ho-hum ...

A fire at a high mountain lake in the Sawtooth Range has shut down access to several popular trails as firefighters work to get the blaze under control. The 44-acre Alpine Lake Fire is burning ...

Go north on Warren Wagon Road from Idaho ... to hike a loop instead of an out and back. The forested west side is 4.6 miles to the lake with 540 feet of elevation gain. The canyon trail on the ...

A couple of foot trails diverge from the main road and extend throughout the lake’s surrounding bush. The trail that runs parallel to the alpine lake will bring you up to a viewing point that allows ...

we cross the Bon Tempe Dam and walk down the fire road to the shore of Alpine Lake, traversing approximately 1 mile. From there, we begin our true hike on the unsigned Kent Trail through the ...

St. Mary’s Glacier Located near Idaho ... its alpine lake and, you guessed it, glacier. Although the entire hike is 2.4 miles long, you will arrive at the lake in half a mile. The trail gains ...

If you love waterfalls and alpine lakes, the hike up to Lake Serene might be your idea of heaven. The first half of the hike is innocuous enough, with a low grade up an old logging road that winnows ...