Trail at the Wapiti Creek Trailhead.
Streambank globemallow, Wild hollyhock ( Lliamna rivularis).
A view across the South Fork of the Payette to Mount Zumwalt from the Waipiti Ridge Trail.
A stunning view of the remote Sawtooth peaks east of the South Fork of the Boise River from the top of the Waipiti Ridge Trail.
The Wapiti Ridge traverses more than 3 miles of ridgeline above 8,500 feet.
A moss covered white bark pine snag.
Looking down Wapiti Creek and toward the Goat and Baron Creek drainages.
Appreciating the view of the western Sawtooths from exposed Waipiti Ridge.
More stunning ridgeline traversing on the Waipiti Ridge Trail.
Trail signs at the junction with the Ten Mile Ridge Trail.
The Ten Mile Ridge Trail continues for several miles to the west along similar high elevation terrain.
The Wapiti Trail eventually enters the wilderness as it traverses east toward Picket Mountain.
Scars from the 1994 Rabbit Creek Fire.
Burned trees and blue skies.
Though the trail fades a little once in the Sawtooth Wilderness, it crosses some stunning high alpine ridgetop meadows.
Rydbergs penstemon.
The Southwest buttress of Grandjean Peak.
Arrowleaf balsamroot in the early sun on Picket Mountain.