Exit78 Photo of the Day #114
Sky over Sawtooth Mountains, near Stanley, Idaho, July 27, 2010 (Pentax K10D)
From 1977 to 1980, we lived in Arco, Idaho, about 90 miles southeast of the spot where this photo was taken, but about 134 miles by road. In ‘78, we went backpacking about 15 miles south of here.
The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, reaching a maximum elevation of 10,751 feet (3,277 m) at the summit of Thompson Peak. It encompass an area of 678 square miles (1,756 km2) spanning parts of Custer, Boise, Blaine, and Elmore counties, and is bordered to the east by the Sawtooth Valley. Much of the mountain range is within the Sawtooth Wilderness, part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Sawtooth National Forest. (Wikipedia)
The mountains were named for their jagged peaks.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
