I've hiked and climbed a fair amount in the Sawtooth Range as well as in the Whitecloud Mountains. I really enjoyed my time there. But, I was there in the 50's and 60's and the isolation and remoteness I enjoyed may no longer exist. I lived in Boise in the late 50's; IIRC the population was about 50,000. It is now nearly 250,000 in the Boise metro area. In the 50's Idaho had fewer people than did Seattle. What I'm saying is that things may have changed. The Sawtooths always put me in mind of the Sierra Nevada.
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May I walk in beauty.