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Selway-Bitteroot Frank Church River of No Return Sawtooth Wilderness suggestions

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J Phillips BPL Member
PostedJun 22, 2014 at 9:07 am

Looking for suggestions on routes in 'greater central Idaho' for a couple of seasoned backpackers seeking another trip of a liftime. Looking for something that'll keep us occupied for 1-2 weeks. Strenuous is OK as is some amount of bush-wacking. What's the BEST one?????

David Drake BPL Member
PostedJun 22, 2014 at 1:53 pm

Hi J,
This isn't one I've done, but have been thinking about for awhile.

The Idaho Centennial Trail (wilderness route) runs through Frank Chruch and Selway-Bitterroot, crossing one road. Brian Frankle describes hiking the entire ICT (southbound from Canadian border) here:

http://brianfrankle.wordpress.com/ramblin/idaho-centennial-trail2008/

I was asking similar questions a few years ago, and Dave Chenault (+ others) had some good info. That thread is here:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=49057

I'll be watching your thread to see what other suggestions come up–looking for some hikes in this area myself. And maybe in a year or two I'll put together the time to hike that section of the ICT.

J Phillips BPL Member
PostedJun 22, 2014 at 3:47 pm

David-

Thanks much for the links, I'll be scouring them soon. I think I know the road the ICT has to cross (Darby – Elk City Rd; traveled it many years ago when I could actually burn some time and get away with it). The link sounds perfect!

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