A few miles north of Sun Valley, Idaho, the Sawtooth Mountains rise thousands of feet above the headwaters of the Salmon River, like saws set on edge. To the east of the Sawtooths above wrinkled, wooded foothills the Cecil d. Andrus White Clouds Wilderness mountains soar in summits of vanilla ice cream. Closer to Sun Valley, along the Big Wood River, swirl the pink and gray stripes of the Boulder Mountains. All three ranges are within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. This book is a comprehensive guide to that area. Trailheads included in the Sawtooths are at and near Alturas, Pettit, Redfish and Stanley Lakes, and Grandjean, Graham and Atlanta. In the Cecil d. Andrus White Clouds Wilderness, trails covered begin at Pole Creek, Fourth of July Creek, Fisher Creek, Rough Creek, Slate Creek and along the East Fork of the Salmon River. In the Cecil d Andrus White Clouds, some of the trailheads covered are the North Fork of the Big Wood River, Gladiator Creek, Three Cabins Creek and the Bowery Guard Station. In the Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness some of the trailheads covered are Herd Lake, Bowery Creek, Sage Creek, Toolbox Creek, and Hunter Creek Summit. To know Idaho is to love it and when you love Idaho you want to protect it. Margaret Fuller has introduced thousands to special parts of Idaho, helping create advocates from all walks who love our extraordinary public lands. Open this book and begin planning your next Idaho adventure-- Rick Johnson, executive director, Idaho Conservation League. --written for the author to use in 2017 I hope this edition of Margaret's guide will help you find and share the very special Idaho experiences in store for visitors to the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It's a worthwhile addition to literature of how to enjoy Idaho's unique quality of life. Margaret's book is one that has proved its value to me many times over the years-- Cecil D. Andrus, former Secretary of the Interior and Idaho Governor --Cecil Andrus, from new foreword, written in February 2017 book foreword Margaret Fuller wrote the first comprehensive guidebook to any Idaho area. In 1979, Trails of the Sawtooth and White Cloud Mountains was first published (The title was changed for this sixth edition to show what the area was called during the campaign for its wilderness.). Since 1979 when the first edition of Trails of the Sawtooth and White Cloud Mountains came out, Margaret has written or co-authored four other hiking guidebooks, three books of natural history and a history of Idaho ski areas. Also she has kept writing new editions of her guidebooks as needed. Her five children have always hiked with her for her books and now her grandchildren help, too.She has hiked more than 6,000 miles on Idaho trails and has given more than 250 slide shows about the subjects of her books. Margaret has been given several awards for her writing and her contributions to the outdoors in Idaho.