Idaho Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Idaho Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Idaho Overview
• Idaho Hotels
• Idaho Attractions
• Idaho Feature Articles
• Idaho Adventure Trips
• Idaho Airports
• Idaho Flights

Other Guides for Idaho

• Idaho Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Mountain Biking
  • Rock Climbing
  • Trekking and Backpacking
  • Rafting
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Snowshoeing
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Fly-fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Birdwatching
  • Off-roading

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Idaho

• Continental Divide Trail, MT
  
• Sawtooth National Forest, ID
  

Travel Guides In Idaho

• Boise, ID
• Cascade, ID
• Coeur d'Alene, ID
• Deary, ID
• Eagle, ID
• Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area, ID
• Idaho Falls, ID
• Kamiah, ID
• Ketchum, ID
• Lewiston, ID

Mountain West Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

• Colorado
• Idaho
• Montana
• Utah
• Wyoming

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Sawtooth National Forest		Hotels
Continental Divide Trail		Hotels

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Photos

Feature Articles

• GORP - Hiking - Sawtooth National Recreation Area - Idaho
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• GORP - Hiking - Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Oregon
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• Wilderness Therapy
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  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• GORP - Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho - Monumental Moments
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• Paths to the Past
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  Don't just hike—follow in the footsteps of famous explorers and naturalists

Trip Ideas

• Exploring Idaho's Heavenly Hells Canyon
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Idaho's Sun Valley & Sawtooths Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $2095, 6 days
  Idaho, among the last of the "lower 48" to be settled and granted statehood, today remains one of the last true reminders of the pristine beauty of...
  
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  Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
  Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
  from $343, 15 days
  Nestled in Idaho's spectacular Sawtooth Valley, amidst snowcapped peaks and the meandering Salmon River, high alpine adventure and backcountry...
  
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  Idaho Rivers Raft Supported Walking Tours
  ROW Adventures
  from $1315, 6 days
  In 1989 ROW pioneered the concept of raft-supported walking trips. A cargo raft carries all the camp gear while you hike on the trails that roughly...
  
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  Idaho Multisport
  Northwest Voyageurs
  from $899, 8 days
  Our multi-sport adventure is the best way to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities while enjoying lodge accommodations each night. We have an...
  
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  River Dance Lodge
  River Dance Lodge
  from $159, 3 days
  The River Dance Lodge, Idaho's Outdoor Adventure Resort, is a place that celebrates wild rivers, nature and adventure. Our wilderness vacation resort...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Bonanza and Custer Ghost Towns

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Between Sunbeam and Challis on the Custer Motorway
Box 1086
Challis, Idaho 83226

Description: Have you really been in the West until you've seen an authentic ghost town? Bonanza and Custer are... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Priest Lake

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

33 miles north of the town of Priest River on Hwy. 57


Description: It's almost not fair that a single region of one hundred square miles gets to have both Lake Pend... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Castle Rocks State Park

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

2 miles north of Almo on Hwy. 77, then 1.4 miles west onBig Cove Ranch Rd.
Box 169
Almo, ID, Idaho 83312

Description: Castle Rocks is to City of Rocks what Universal Studios is to Disney World. Idaho's newest state... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Shore Lodge

501 West Lake Street
McCall, ID 83638 Map

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Almo Outpost

3020 Elba Almo Rd.
Almo, ID 83312 Map

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Good For Hiking and Backpacking

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Benjamin Inn

842 North Ave.
Challis, ID 83226 Map

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