Sawtooth National Forest map w/tracks from a Garmin GPS 176c |
This is the overal map of our rides in the Baumgartner area. BaumGartner Hot Springs is about 20 mi North of Fairfield, Idaho. We rode for 3 days. Day 1 was a loop from Baumgartner Hot springs to Atlanta and back. Day 2 we took Paradise creek trail to Snowslide then Emma Creek to Little Water. Day 3 was a southern loop starting with Virginia Gulch to Lime Creek North Fork, then South Fork to Boardman Pass, then Boardman creek to Lightfoot Springs.
More detailed maps are shown below. |
Sawtooth National Forest map w/tracks from a Garmin GPS 176c |
Our day 1 was a loop from Baumgartner Hot springs to Atlanta and back. We followed Willow Creek to the top of the ridge, then Decker Creek all the way into the town of Atlanta. We ate lunch at the saloon and then used Trail Creek to get to the ridgetop, then Shake creek to get back down to Baumgartner. |
Sawtooth National Forest map w/tracks from a Garmin GPS 176c |
Day 2was a loop from Baumgartner Hot springs to Vienna and back. We followed Paradise Creek to the top of the Snowslide, then Emma Creek to the Ross Equipment trail. We stopped at a nice little Lake then used Little Water to get back down to Baumgartner.
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Sawtooth National Forest map w/tracks from a Garmin GPS 176c |
Day 3 was a loop from Baumgartner Hot springs to Lime Creek and back. We followed Virginia Gulch to HIGH trail along the ridge top, then the North Fork of Lime creek, then South fork of Lime creek past Bremmer creek, staying near the South fork all the wat to Boardman Pass. Then followed Boardman creek down to Lightfoot springs, the the road (FR227) back to Baumgartner. A more detailed map of the route is shown below. |
Sawtooth National Forest map w/tracks from a Garmin GPS 176c |
Closeup of the GPS tracks along the North Fork and South Fork of Lime Creek. |
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Tom Myers is the owner of CycoActive Inc. and Touratech-USA in Seattle, WA. |
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