Out of Idaho with outdoor blast

Idaho Statesman editor David Parker, who is moving away from Idaho, decided to spend his last days in the Gem State on an outdoor adventure that included hiking, biking and rafting in the Sawtooths easily reached from the town of Stanley.

The mountain bike portion of Parker's trip was the scenic 18-mile Fisher-Williams loop in the White Cloud Mountains that took him through "aspen trees and sagebrush, across creeks, up steep climbs and - of course - down some ripping singletrack." This bike trail is 14 miles south of Stanley.

Parker's overnight backpacking hiking trip took him to Sawtooth lake. He took the Iron Creek Trailhead which is just north of Stanley.

Rafting down the Salmon River is an experience that outdoors enthusiasts can't leave Idaho without doing and the last outdoor adventure that Parker did:

"A soak in the icy waters of the Salmon is a good way to cap off a weekend in the Sawtooths, whether you're floating the river or just hopping in."

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