#hiking-backpacking

Speaking of coolers - we’ll want to pack lunches - want to just BYOlunch or I can pick up like sandwich making supplies at winco.

And then put them in your cooler since I’m not a real enough adult yet to own a cooler

Lets BYO lunch

Perfect

I'm voting on Grandjean- it's one of my favorite camp sites and we can dayhike in the SNRA. And there's a hot springs pretty close.

I'm good to camp Friday or Saturday night

DONE

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IT HAPPENED!

@Jesse Fusselman this is the plan for this coming weekend. Hasn’t happened yet.

We should potentially leave on Friday night, so that I can have a valid excuse to not do something different that evening

I can maybe try to prep some delicious meals beforehand, but I’ll need to know when we’re leaving and who all is coming by Wednesday

(fresh baked bread maybe…!)

Eggs and bacon, bread and cheese and salami, POTATO, cookies, mmmm lasagna?

I make a killer butternut squash caprese salad

All the food! Just posted in bittercreek to see if others want to join.

:raised_hands: Are we leaving Friday do we think? If so, what time?

I'm not off til 5

So yes or should we wait until Saturday morning and do 1 night?

I'm good with either. I can leave directly from work if you want to do friday.

I am also good with either, and it doesn’t get dark till late, so let’s do Friday? nature nature nature! :evergreen_tree: :deciduous_tree: :palm_tree:

Yes, friday!

_DOPE_

I should be able to get off work early because I’m working stupid hours this week, so I can pick stuff up from the store, pack things, etc , whatever we need last min on Friday

You took a picture of someone taking a picture. Meta!

You were just in Idaho!

You=Idaho in this context https://media.giphy.com/media/2Jl7a8ixNlNHa/giphy.gif

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I miss it

_I’m confused_

Your adventure, should you choose to accept, is to infiltrate the neighborhood next to TSheets and blatantly walk around even though you dont live there.

done and done

Bring all your gear, maps, and ideas. I'll have a couple snacks and you're welcome to bring a snack to share. I'm at 3441 W. Moon Lake St. in Meridian.

@Lauren Wilkins @Annie Densley @Cat Roebuck

Feel free to bring other backpacking friends!

@Cat Roebuck I'm phoneless today at work so address is :point_up::skin-tone-3:

Hey y'all! I've been talking to Lauren and we're going to reschedule for a bit later- but we are thinking of a long trip the weekend of the 4th, and we should definitely meet up before then!

Yay! Sounds good. I was bummed I couldn’t come anymore, so I’m excited we’re rescheduling. I’m definitely up for a long trip the weekend of the 4th.

YAS

Where's elk meadow? I've never been there....

It’s near Stanley Lake. You actually take the road that leads to the lake for awhile and then turn off. It’s not a long hike, just a few miles in.

Nice!

New in the area, what are the odds of running into bears around here/that area?

I would say not super likely. They are in the area, but they usually stay away. At least I’ve never seen one when backpacking in that area. You’re much more likely to see deer and elk than a bear.

Does that mean you normally don't carry bear spray?

Correct. I’ve never bought or carried bear spray before. Maybe someone in this channel has?

I only carry bear spray in grizzly country. Black bears tend to be skittish and leave you alone.

And grizzlies stay in eastern Idaho- near Yellowstone

Great to know, thank you guys :slightly_smiling_face:

Is it _as_ awesome as a _mountain_ range?

Do more research on current conditions. Don’t assume based on past experience.

Hiking poles for my old people knees.

:point_left::skin-tone-3: cool it on the snacks. Snacks are heavy

Bring a book or playing cards

Definitely need a _light_ book Bring _more_ snacks (and/or a better lunch)

Remember a mess kit

A chair or sitting mat would be nice…

Don’t lose your sunglasses >:(

Make sure you have the most comfortable non-deflating air mattress.

Bring more actual food and not just nutrition bars.

Camp soap so you can actually clean your hands. (turns out water alone doesn’t do _anything_.)

I think we also needed a better exit plan. Either have a plan for where we are eating when we get out and maybe an extra change of clothes in the car, or have a cooler in the car packed with food and drinks for the ride home.

Ohhh yes good idea :joy_cat: we were just gross and tired the whole way home haha

@Lauren Wilkins I was kind of afraid you were going to pass out at some point…

I didn’t kill us though! Boy I haven’t eaten enough to satisfy my _hunger_ yet :face_with_rolling_eyes:

WOWOWOW look at the symmetry!!!!

Most likely! I’m ready to go again!

(my muscles might not be ready, but my heart says _GO_)

:joy:

I’d be up for another one!

How was it? I’ve been getting out the door at 5:30am most weekdays, so I needed a day in. :slightly_smiling_face:

But a sunset-definitely.

Mostly beautiful. The cloud's obscured the actual sunrise, but before dawn the clouds were red, and we watched the light slowly creep over the city of Boise

1) Alturas (on the good side of the lake) and Grandjean campgrounds are both good. Deadwood I remember being good but haven’t been for some time. If we don’t care about facilities, there’s some pretty neat sites along a trail in which I forget but it’s cool and I’ll try to remember the name. 2) Petit/Toxaway/Yellowbelly/Alice lake trails, Garden of the Giants trail, literally all of them in the sawteeth are great (SAWTEETH) 3) So long and thanks for all the fish (aka we gave all the red fish to space)

Lola Creek campground is always a fun one as well as Beaver Creek. They’re in the same area.

1) Alturas, Grandjean, Deadwood, Lola Creek, and Beaver Creek. Wow. Grand. And I gotta say I love creeks. 3) So sad it had to come to this. So long. 2) the sawteeths got it all. which is your fav?

2) safe to say, if it’s in the sawteeths or I can _see_ the sawteeths, I love it.

Still planning on 16-18 just seeing who's available for which of those days

@David Hartsough when will the camping trip take place?

^very important to know. My vote - 16th-18th

Sawtooth NF https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/sawtooth/recreation/camping-cabins/?recid=5768&actid=29

Boise NF https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/boise/recreation/camping-cabins/?recid=5026&actid=29

Salmon-Challis NF https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/scnf/recreation/camping-cabins/?recid=76008&actid=29

I'm with weekend of the 16-18th. Most people can prolly only swing one night tho. Lemme check

True, it could also be a come and go as able.

alternatively - labor day weekend 31st - 2nd

@Lauren Wilkins I can't find anything online about the _Garden of the Giants_ trail. Where is that? It's off the Redfish Inlet trailhead, right?

Yep! You take the boat across to the trailhead. https://www.outdoorproject.com/united-states/idaho/redfish-lake-canyon

Redfish Lake Canyon

In just a little under 10 minutes, the shuttle boat across Redfish Lake deposits hikers at the mouth of the spectacular Redfish Creek Canyon. Trails from the boat dock lead up Redfish Canyon and along both sides of the lake. It is possible to take the shuttle to the inlet and hike back to Redfish Lodge (a different adventure), or to spend the day exploring the Redfish Lake Canyon and catch an afternoon boat back across the lake. Boat shuttles can be scheduled and paid for at the Redfish Boat Dock.

I think this is it

@Lauren Wilkins, @Annie Densley, and @Malcolm Jackson -- since you all responded here, you have priority for claiming a reservation at the campground I got for Alturas Lake 16-18th. Are you in?

Also, since @Bethany Hull created this channel and is the most active in it (and is the hallowed guru of adventure timez), I feel you deserve a priority spot before I start asking and inviting many others. (I've already got 4 definitely in. and want to fill with another 4 and possibly another 4–8 after that haha)

:joy: thanks @David Hartsough I’m in Texas right now, but I’ll check my calendar when I get back tomorrow and let you know.

I’m in

In! But also Which side of Alturas

I can’t that weekend, unfortunately! I have family coming into town. I’d be down for next time though!

I’m in but probably will have to leave a bit early. Depends when Daniel gets back from Texas.

Okay there is a tent camping which is much less PEOPLE and no RVs on the other side of the lake. But sounds like the bigger more populated is better with the number of people we have?

Also @Emily Smith is in

Alternatively that side of the lake is fine because I’m going on a trip that very next Tuesday on the tent side of the lake hahah

I already bought reservations

(But we'll have more than the 8 I paid for, so we'll prolly need another tent campsite anyway)

Dope it’s a beautiful lake no matter which side your on. The side you reserved I think has a beach like section.

I'll be there, in spirit.

Wow guys so stoked

Camping

How many people are camping? Because if people have big tents and will carpool, you can fit like 4 people in a single-car camp spot. (unless everyone only has 2 person or single tents maybe?)

I’m trying to math (and also thinking about meals because it’s more fun that working)

I think we have 9 plus a part time Bethany

They told me I can fit 8 at the campsite I reserved. So I said, Jared doesn't count because he's a bear, so we have 8.

Oh you reserved 1 site. Wow I read you reserved 8 sites

I was getting concerned that there were like 37 people coming

Call the ranger station by where you’re going.

Thanks! That makes the most sense. I also just found this site - sounds like stage 1 restrictions are in place, but they’re still allowed as long as it’s in a designated camp site with a metal campfire ring. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices/?cid=fsbdev3_053600

Yessssss. YESSSS. very good.

That's pretty neat - a Pine Tree! You can tell it's a Pine Tree because of the way that it is.

you’re so right

woow

:bow:

yess, was thinking of hitting up sawtooths again while it’s still non-snowy

School has caught up with me so I’m probably only day hiking this weekend :cry:

But I’m thinking about a day hike in the cascade/McCall area if you’re around

Awesome! First solo trip?

Yeah! It was so cool, I camped in the center of the isthmus in that picture, was pitch black and silent at night, love how you can see the stars in full. Lots and lots of chipmunks.

Depends on what time! I’m not free till after 11 probably

That might be better anyway if it’s cold.

Yay!

I think the trails up Bogus Basin rd would have trees with fall colors. Stack Rock trail starts at mile marker 13 up Bogus Basin rd, hard to beat that for an easy hike. And you could go all the way up to Bogus Basin, the trails are free and there’s awesome views. The “Around the Mountain” trail is about 10 miles and really cool, for mountain bikers and hikers.

I bet Ketchum and Sun Valley are :ok_hand: right now for fall colors. Aspen trees are my favorite!

Come hike stack rock with us Sunday!

Wow, really sorry, I ended up not being to do anything that weekend and forgot I had ask this question