Sawtooth Wilderness area - Garden Valley, Idaho

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Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters is a full time family run business that has had over 32 years of experience in adventure travel catering to all types of outdoor enthusiasts.  They offer the following types of trips:  
•    Western horseback riding and pack trips
•    Fishing
•    Hiking supported by pack stock
•    Idaho big game hunting.

Located in Central Idaho, the Sawtooth Wilderness area offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the United States.  Clear, flowing streams, awesome waterfalls, jagged mountain peaks and lush green meadows cover 217,000 acres of vast wilderness.  

Guided Horse Pack Trips can vary from two to ten days.  There are a number of destinations from which you can choose from your base at a lake shore camp.  For $225 per person per day (plus tax), you will have a professional, friendly guide and a horse experienced in mountain terrain.  This wilderness vacation offers you the opportunity to spend your time fishing, relaxing or exploring.  Good food, a comfortable camp and an itinerary depending upon the activities you wish to experience are provided.  

A Packing School course is offered to those horsemen that already have basic riding skills.  You will learn to improve your existing back country skills and learn new ones.  Some of the other instructions provided include basics of horse packing, tack adjustment and care, how to balance your loads and various hitches for different saddles.  Other topics covered are low impact camping, care of livestock in the back country, emergency horse first aid and other necessary information.
3 day school fee - $550 per person (plus tax).
5 day school fee - $950 per person (plus tax).

Complete vacation packages are offered where Sawtooth Adventures provide all aspects of your vacation beginning with picking you up at the Boise, Idaho Airport and transporting you to your first nights accommodations.  After breakfast the next morning, you will begin your trip which includes camps, meals,  cook and guide.