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On Top of the Boulder Mountains – Ryan Peak

At 11,714 feet in elevation, Ryan Peak is the tallest of the Boulder mountains of Idaho.  From the North Fork of the Wood River trail-head in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA), Ryan Peak rises almost a mile in the sky (5,172 feet).

 

Ryan Peak from the east – courtesy Summit Post.

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Saturday Amongst the Boulder Peaks

The Boulder’s are one of five mountain ranges that come together in what I consider my backyard and most others think of making up the Sun Valley area.  Along with the Boulder’s, the Pioneer, Smoky, Sawtooth and White Cloud mountains consist of over 1.1 million acres of protected land.  The Boulder’s have a plethora […]

Return to Parker Gulch

Is there a spot you have frequented and would enjoy today – but for some reason or another [sic., it] has not experienced your presence recently? For me, one of those places would be Parker Gulch in the Elkhorn area of Sun Valley.  Parker and Independence Creek were staple routes for out the front […]