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The Top of the Desert
Several of the hikes in this section were originally hiked
in 1982, when the author was researching an eastern Idaho trails
guide. They are included here because they are worthy, desert
character hikes. And besides, it will be years before "Hikeidaho.com"
works its way through the author's southern Idaho and northern
Idaho books (already published) to reach eastern Idaho again!
Maughan's A Hiker's Guide to Idaho has several
hikes the author likes: Ramshorn Canyon, a west-flank Lost River
Range hike up a canyon dranged by a great landslide; Aldous and
Hancock Lakes, two southern-exposure lakes in the Centennial
Range; Rocky Canyon and the Big Timber Creek loop in the Lemhi
Range; and Corral Creek in the White Knobs. All these hikes alternate
between sagebrush and Douglas fir.
The author still hasn't penetrated the Little Wood
River wilderness area in the southern Pioneer Mountains. Maybe
the summer of '99...
The author still hopes to add a scenic driving loop
from Mackay to the Pahsimeroi Valley, then over Doublespring
Pass to the Borah Fault, then back to Mackay.
He especially wishes to receive suggestions of worthy
hikes in this high-country area. |
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