My wife and I will be in Boise for about a week in early May. We would appreciate any info regarding day trip excursions into the mountains. We are particularly looking for scenic drives into remote areas with mountain and lake views.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Day trips from Boise
there is a great circle trip that you can take. leaving boise, you go north on highway 95, to Banks. Drive the payette river, watch the early kayakers, and drive the road through Loman, stop at the kirkham hot springs on the way. the road takes you to stanley, usually the coldest spot in the nation!!! all dirt roads, the greatest bakery and lunch spot (i cook for a living and love this place) the stanley bakery...just ask. Get a sandwich to go and head south to Redfish Lake in highway 75. Sit on the porch of the lodge, look out to the wonderful lake, the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. If you want a more secluced lake, save the sandwich (that will be hard!!) and go to the next lake on the drive to Sun valley, Petit Lake. Stop there for the seclulded lake effect. Then you will go up the hill to the Galena lookout...what a view of the Sawtooths. When you go down the hill, look for the small stream that will form on the right hand side, going down. Later when you are in Ketchum, that is the Big Wood River, huge by then. Galena Lodge is a great spot to stop, at the bottom of Galena Summit. It has great history and inside, if it is open, the pictures of the old lodge are on the walls. In the summer we bike up here and in the winter it is used for x country skiing. Head on down to Ketchum, visit my wonderful town, and go south 18 miles to what we call the ';blinking light';. Then turn right on highway 20 and return to Boise. This should take all day, but worth getting up early to do. enjoy
Day trips from Boise
I second Charley%26#39;s suggestion. Some of the best scenery (at least, visible from blacktop) that Idaho has to offer!
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hi check out some of the desert drives in early May the weather is nice and the wild flowers are awesome in certain spots. plus usually have whole area to yourself. pack lunch and just walk and explore. the vastness and barrenness give you a totaly different perspective on life.the sand dunes are a good day trip from boise. but like the rest of the responce%26#39;s you can%26#39;t go wrong going to Stanelyalso check out Stanely lake to me it is the perfect mountain lake many of times i have camped there and awoken to the mountains relection in the lake at sunrise if you can spend the night at stanely there are so many stars visible the sky is so clear you can see satellites going across the sky.
Don%26#39;t miss Snake River Canyon - gorgeous scenery. Another of our favorites isTable Rock with great views of Boise.
Well, digging deep here, we do have the Ice Caves, a natural phenomon (sp) just outside of Shoshone...Not too many other places like that in the world...enjoy
Just bumped up our trip report took similar paths. Just to give you an idea. It is just beautiful.
Going to do Hells Canyon and Coueur d%26#39;Alene this next visit. Have a great trip!
I too will be traveling to Boise but i%26#39;m going in mid-april and plan on following Charley48%26#39;s advice. I plan on staying at a resort/lodge for 4 days after i%26#39;m done in Boise and am looking for advice on where to stay. The two lodges that Charley mentioned will be closed at that time. Does anyone have any suggestions on a place to stay to take in the beauty of the country on a budget. I found a little cabin in Garden Valley, so any info on that would be helpful. I%26#39;m also wondering if I should try to find something closer to Stanley, Galena or Ketchum which looks more mountainous? Well any help would be great.
You should definitely see Table Rock. You can drive there by taking Reserve St to Shaw Mountain Road to Table Rock Rd. If you like to hike, you can go to the Old Idaho Penitentiary and hike to the top. It is about 1½ miles each way with about 900 ft elevation gain. There is no restroom on Table Rock. Watch out for poison ivy.
A day trip that may be interesting is Bruneau Dunes, south of Mountain Home. There is an observatory open Friday and Saturday evenings. Evenings can get chilly. When weather warms up there are mosquitoes. There is a parking fee. Contribution to the observatory is recommended.
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you could go up past stanley and try the 100 acres bed and breakfast www.100acrewoodresort.com/ we have had a blast there, paddle boats and all. then back to challis and come to sun valley the ';back way'; over trail creek summit. or just come over to sun valley and experience all we have here, hot springs, bike paths, hiking and the beautiful scenery.
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