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Day 50: Sheep Mountain to Montana Click here for zoomable map and route download. Possibly our favorite section. Get ready.

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass While we were cooking dinner a storm rolled in and thunder echoed off the cliff faces. It bore sown oin us quickly but lingered was it arrived. A little rain didn't stop the older two from playing follow-the-leader obstacle course. The...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass We descended with ears peeled for rock fall. There was lots of evidence of recent slides and lots of large stones on the path. To my surprise there were no impassable (or even nearly impassable) obstacles. The trail changed from very very...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass We climbed up to over 10,000 feet and the trail crossed to the western side of the pass near this cool old hunting or mining cabin. We scouted from the windy pass and tried to let the boiling gas in the tank settle down. It vented continuously for...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass The trail to the south did not disappoint and we were granted wonderfully clear views of the two ranges that we had already crossed that day.

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass The last steep section... and we were greeted by this cannibalized, by-gone relic. We crossed a quick exposed hillside. And I spent a lot of time doing recon. At the top of the pass was a smattering of trails, six to be exact. There was...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass And then we went on up the canyon. You can tell from the pictures that this was mainly an ATV trail. It was narrow, steep and loose but lacked any particularly difficult sections other than normal loose and rutted trails and the occasional tall...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass We passed south through what is called Goldburg on the maps but was really nothing more than a collection of six mailboxes on the main gravel road along the Pahsimeroi. It was a quaint river and quiet with a few not-crowded campsites along it. We checked...

Okay, that helps. Before turning onto the road up Doublesprings we did stop at a site but I don't remember reading anything about an earthquake. If we missed something on our way up the road I'd be surprised...well, maybe not. I think there may have been another parking lot off on the right at...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass The huge landscape looks almost...soft in these photos, like you could roll down these hillsides without getting hurt. Rolling through this area inspired me to plan a backpacking trip through the area due to it's beauty and remoteness. It seems like it...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass Looking into the 'hanging valley' just over the pass. This was such a beautiful area and fairly close to Ketchum but completely empty. The views were spectacular and I kept taking pictures on all sides.

We missed so much stuff. I don't even remember seeing it. On Trail Creek side or opposite? I bet. We didn't fish here but we did many many other places.

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass Heading into such a stronghold of mountains was intimidating. We tried to pick out the valley that would lead to Doublesprings Pass. We traveled north on a county highway for about six miles and found our pass. Back onto gravel. There...

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass The clouds were rolling over us quickly in long formations. One moment the sun would shine blindingly, the next it would be clouded over.

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass Big Lost River Valley was beautiful. Nice gravel and not too much dust due to a recent thunder shower. We made good time on these roads, enjoyed the scenery and kept Mt. Borah in front of us.

Day 49: Ketchum to Sheep Mountain Pass Click here for zoomable map and route download. After stocking up and returning our borrowed mountain bike guide books we headed west up Trail Creek Pass. I get the feeling that it sees a lot of tourist and camping traffic but little through traffic...

Day 48: Ketchum Some more photos of Ketchum. Our campsite off of Warm Springs Road. Bailey riding my bike and the view of the valley outside of Ketchum.

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Day 48: Ketchum (rest day) Day 48 was a rest day. I took off at first light and rode a forty-something mile mountain bike ride. It was incredible, epic, amazing trails and steep, steep climbs. I could have spent a long time riding there but I packed as much as I could into five and half hours...

Day 47: Featherville to Ketchum On the way down to Ketchum the kids got a chance to practice their driving skills. And my youngest took over navigation duties because.... my wife fell asleep. (Yep, she's going to kill me!) We found a nice campsite of the creek and still a good piece...