Sawtooth Mountains
by Robert Bales
Title
Sawtooth Mountains
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
This is a view from the little town of Stanley, Idaho of the beautiful Sawtooth Mountain Range. The whole area has these old wooden fence as you see in the foreground.
The Sawtooth Range is part of the Rocky Mountains, located within a few miles of Stanley, Idaho, in the Western United States. Much of mountain range is within the Sawtooth Wilderness, part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It encompass an area of 678 square miles (1,756 km2) spanning parts of Custer, Boise, Blaine, and Elmore counties,and is bordered to the east by the Sawtooth Valley.
Thompson Peak (10,751 feet or 3,277 metres) and Mount Cramer (10,716 feet or 3,266 metres) are the range's two highest peaks.
The Sawtooth Mountains are home to hundreds of lakes created by vanished alpine glaciers. The largest are Redfish Lake, Alturas Lake, Pettit Lake, Yellow Belly Lake, Stanley Lake, and Sawtooth Lake. Camping is permitted anywhere in the wilderness. Numerous popular campgrounds exist in the peaks and around the Stanley, Idaho area, including at Redfish Lake and Little Redfish Lake, and Iron Creek near the bottom of the range. Restrictions on fires and animals apply in some areas.
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September 3rd, 2013
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Rick Grisolano Photography LLC
Beautiful view and capture Robert...... love the old fence in it.... V/Fav
Robert Bales replied:
That is one thing that I thought would help the photo and thanks for noticing along with the f/v!!
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