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Sawtooth / Stanley Basin Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

Sawtooth / Stanley Basin

6,000–10,500 ft · ID🚗 Directions

Fair

Sawtooth NRA and Sawtooth Wilderness. Granite peaks, lodgepole pine, subalpine meadows. Spring morels follow snowmelt up the valleys. King boletes in spruce-fir zones.

Trees:Lodgepole Pine Engelmann Spruce Subalpine Fir

Permit Info →

Updated Oct 11, 5:01 AM MT

Foraging Potential60/100

✅Moisture

❌Soil Temp

❌No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-10-09. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.

0.17"

PRISM 4km · thru 10-09

Precip 14d

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Nearby Camping

Within(21)

ALTURAS LAKE INLET

developed

USFS~0.8 mi from center

Reserve →

Alturas Inlet Campground

developed

USFS~1 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

North Shore (Alturas) Campground

developed

USFS~2.1 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

North Shore Campground

developed

~2.1 mi from center

Wild camping

developed

~2.2 mi from center

Smokey Bear (Alturas) Campground

developed

USFS~2.3 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

Smokey Bear Campground

developed

~2.3 mi from center

Iron Creek Dispersed

dispersed

USFS6,800 ft~2.8 mi from centerFree/night

Dispersed camping along Iron Creek. Near Wapiti Fire burn perimeter.

fire ring

Open Jun–Oct

Luther Heights Bible Camp

developed

Luther Heights~2.9 mi from center

Reserve →

ALTURAS LAKE PICNIC AREA (ID)

developed

USFS~3 mi from center

Reserve →

Alturas Tent Camping Area

developed

USFS~3.1 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

Camp Cabin Creek

developed

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints~3.3 mi from center

Perkins Lake

developed

USFS~3.6 mi from center

Camp Perkins

developed

Lutheran Outdoor Ministries~3.7 mi from center

Reserve →

Redfish Lake

developed

USFS6,550 ft~4.9 mi from center$22/night

63 sites

Sawtooth NRA flagship campground. Lodgepole pine with morel and bolete habitat.

vault toiletwaterfire ringpicnic tableboat ramp

Open Jun–SepReserve →

Pettit Lake Campground

developed

USFS~6 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

Yellowbelly Lake

developed

USFS~7.1 mi from center

CHEMEKETAN CAMPGROUND

developed

USFS~8 mi from center

Reserve →

Chemeketan Campground - Salmon River Headwaters

developed

USFS~8.1 mi from centerFee required/night

Sawtooth National Forest

Reserve →

Chemeketan Campground

developed

Sawtooth National Forest~8.2 mi from center

Reserve →

Prairie Creek Campground

developed

~9.9 mi from center

⚠ Road Access Notice

Always verify road access is public before following GPS directions to mountain areas. Many forest roads are seasonal, gated, or require 4WD. Dispersed camping follows USFS/BLM rules (typically 14-day limit). Check ranger district offices for current road and campground conditions.

Viable Species

Confidence × Primordia state

MODERATECold

Cauliflower MushroomSparassis crispa

soil temp marginal (39°F vs 58°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.15

MODERATECold

MatsutakeTricholoma magnivelare