Current Conditions
District and Area Condition Reports
- The following campgrounds are open:
- Abbott
- Baumgartner, including the group site
- Bear Creek Transfer Camp
- Bird Creek
- Bowns
- Five Points
- Pioneer
- Willow Creek
- Dollarhide Summit is still closed due to snow.
- Visitors are encouraged to refer to Motor Vehicle Use Maps when traveling on the district and to use caution when because road conditions vary significantly by location.
For additional information, contact the Fairfield Ranger District.
- Boundary Campground will be open May 23.
- For the most current trail conditions, check out the Wood River Trails Coalition website or the Blaine Country Recreation District Summer Trail Link.
- Visitors are encouraged to refer to Motor Vehicle Use Maps when traveling on the district and to use caution when because road conditions vary significantly by location.
For additional information, contact the Ketchum Ranger District.
- Most campgrounds are open. Reservations for reservable campsites can be made on Recreation.gov.
- Pettit Campground will be closed until June 30 for the removal of hazard trees and installation of new vault toilets.
- Campgrounds up Howell Canyon, aside from Bennett Springs, remained closed due to snow and will not likely open until sometime around Independence day. This includes:
- Twin Lakes
- Thompson Flat
- Lake Cleveland
- Visitors are encouraged to refer to Motor Vehicle Use Maps when traveling on the district and to use caution when because road conditions vary significantly by location.
For additional information, contact the Minidoka Ranger District.
- Visitors are encouraged to refer to Motor Vehicle Use Maps when traveling on the district and to use caution when because road conditions vary significantly by location.
- The campgrounds and day use areas listed below will be open May 23. All others will remain closed through this weekend.
- Highway 21 Complex
- Elk Creek
- Stanley Lake
- Trap Creek
- Redfish Lake Complex
- Chinook Bay
- Mt. Heyburn
- Mountain View
- North Shore Picnic Area
- Outlet
- Outlet Day Use
- Point
- Sockeye
- Sunny Gulch
- Glacier View
- Salmon River Complex
- Casino
- Holman
- Lower and Upper O’Brien
- Mormon Bend
- Salmon River
- Riverside
- Whiskey Flat
- Wood River Complex:
- Easley
- Murdock
- North Fork
- Wood River
- Pettit Lake Day Use and Campground
- Highway 21 Complex
- The following dumpstations will be opened by May 23:
- Stanley
- North Fork
For additional information, please contact the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Headquarters or Stanley Ranger Station.
Other Helpful Links
Sawtooth National Recreation Area Trails Report
Sawtooth National Recreation Area trail reports are updated as often as possible, usually after crews return from their hitches.
Sawtooth Avalanche Center
The mission of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center is to provide actionable avalanche and mountain weather information for people recreating, working, traveling, or living in south-central Idaho. Staff begin daily avalanche forecasts in the fall after enough snow accumulates in the mountains for on-snow travel in the backcountry. Updates continue until about mid-April.
Summer Trails Information
Our partners do a lot to help keep trails accessible on the Sawtooth National Forest. Check out their websites for more trails information and ways you can help:
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation Summer Trails Map
Back Country Horsemen of Idaho
Student Conservation Association
Winter Trails Information
Groomed trails for Nordic skiers and snowmobile riders are available across the Sawtooth National Forest thanks to the the following partners:
High Desert Nordic Association
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation Snowmobile Trail Map