Explore the Past

Salmon River Scenic Byway LENGTH: 262.7 miles, 3.5 hours ROAD CONDITIONS: Two-lane road with no passing lanes. Some 35 mph curves. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: Salmon spawning beds at Indian Riffles; Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Center at Idaho 75 and US 93; Tower Rock; access to Continental Divide National Scenic Trail; access to Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail; Salmon-Challis National Forest. Ponderosa Scenic Byway LENGTH: 130.9 miles, 9 hours. ROAD CONDITIONS: Two-lane with some passing lnaes. Narrow and winding. Snowy roads common north of Lowman in winter. Frequent snow avalanches in the Banner Summit area result in road closures. Check conditions in winter before leaving. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: Luck Peak and Arrow Rock Reservoirs; Lucky Peak State Park; Idaho City; Sawtooth Wilderness; Stanley Lake; Boise; Salmon-Challis National Forest. Sawtooth Scenic Byway LENGTH: 115.7 miles, 3 hours ROAD CONDITIONS: Two-lane with some passing lanes. Curving road with 5-6 percent grades from Galena Summit to Stanley. Check conditions before traveling in winter. Snowstorms can result in hazardous roads. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: Sawtooth National Recreation Area; Sun Valley Resort; Redfish and Little Redfish Lakes; audio-cassette milepost tours available at Ketchum and Stanley Ranger Stations. Yankee Fork Interpretive Center Start here to catch a flavor of mining’s glory days on the Yankee Fork. Check out mining artifacts, exhibits and audiovisual program.s You’ll enter another era when this quiet landscape once buzzed with gold fever. First Settlers Long before the miners, long before Lewis and Clark, ancestors of the Shoshone-Bannock people dwelled in this region. In fact, human history here dates to more than 8,000 years ago.