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Alice Lake (Sawtooth Wilderness)
Alice Lake is an alpine lake in the western United States in central Idaho, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. In Blaine County, the lake is one of the largest in the Sawtooth Wilderness and is most easily accessed via the trailhead at Pettit Lake, accessed from State Highway 75 via Sawtooth National Forest road 208. The direct route to the lake begins at the trailhead at the end of the Pettit Lake campground. The trail distance is about to the lake and gains about in elevation. The trail requires five stream crossings, only the last of which has a bridge. With a surface elevation of above sea level, Alice Lake can remain frozen into early summer. The lake is framed by the rocky peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains, to the east is El Capitan at . Alice Lake is within the Sawtooth Wilderness; wilderness permits are obtained at a registration box along the trail at the wilderness boundary, at the upstream end of Pettit Lake. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaine County, Idaho
Blaine County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 24,272. The county seat and largest city is Hailey, Idaho, Hailey. It is also home to the Sun Valley, Idaho, Sun Valley ski resort, adjacent to Ketchum, Idaho, Ketchum. Blaine County was created by the Idaho Territory, territorial legislature on March 5, 1895, by combining Alturas County, Idaho, Alturas and Logan County, Idaho, Logan counties; it was named for former United States Congress, congressman and 1884 United States presidential election, 1884 1884 Republican National Convention, Republican presidential nominee James G. Blaine. Its present boundaries were set on February 8, 1917, when a western portion was partitioned off to form Camas County, Idaho, Camas County. Blaine County is part of the Hailey, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Wood River Valley in present-day Blaine County was organized as part of Alturas County, Idah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
