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Gary's Backpacking Page

 

I try to get a little backpacking done each summer and thought this would be an easy way to  share some photos of the places I have been to with all my friends.  Below is a list of the places I have visited in 2003.  Hope you enjoy them.  Hit the 'back' button on your browser to return to this page.

 

Stephens Lake   

There is both an upper and a lower Stephens lake.  We camped at the Upper Lake.  It is a little smaller than the Lower Lake, but has a better view of the mountains and the snow.  There was still snow on the top of the mountain and the view from there was phenomenal.  When I hiked up there, I ran into a young couple and their little daughter who were also camping at the lake and  I took their picture.  This was a hard climb into these lakes...or else I am just getting older.  Probably both !! 

 

  Upper Priest Falls 

Upper Priest Falls feeds the Upper and Lower Priest lake.  The main trail to the falls is roughly17 miles round trip.  It travels through one of the best lowland hiking trails in Idaho.  This virgin red cedar forest is spectacular and the trees are huge to say the least.  We camped about half way to the falls, hiking to  the falls the next day.  The water at the falls was so cold you couldn't keep your feet in for more than 10 seconds at a time.  But boy was it refreshing !!!  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Revitt Lake

Revitt Lake is a short 4 mile round trip located at the top of Thompson Pass, which is on the Montana-Idaho border.  This is a very short, easy hike into a beautiful lake.  I spent a couple of nights there and was even visited one night by a mountain goat making his way down for his evening drink.  I was also visited overhead by a big airplane  fire fighter tanker as it made a circle heading back to a fire that it was fighting more towards the south.  I took a few good flower pictures and lake shots.  Enjoy