Summer Activities

Smiley Creek Lodge is a wonderful base for mountain activities of all types. There are things to do for all ages, abilities, and inclinations. Some of the things right outside our door:

• Fabulous hiking and backpacking to the peaks and high alpine lakes of the Sawtooth Wilderness and White Cloud mountain ranges.
• Fishing in the Salmon River and its tributaries, or one of the hundreds of high alpine lakes.
• Back country scenic flying. The state of Idaho Smiley Creek airstrip is right across the road.
• Bicycling highway 75 through the valley or over the challenging Galena Pass, or mountain biking Fisher Creek Trail or one of the numerous other easy or gonzo routes.
• Wildlife viewing.
• Boating, swimming or just hanging out on the beach at Alturas, Petit or Redfish Lakes.
• Touring the historic mining sites of Vienna, Sawtooth City or Bonanza and Custer a little ways down the road.
• White water rafting or kayaking on the Salmon River.
• Motocross or ATV riding.
• Horseback riding, either for the afternoon, or packing in for a week or more.
• Picnicking among the spring and summer wildflowers.
• Hunting.
• Drive through taking in the beauty of Central Idaho.
• There is no end to the amazing things you could be doing in the Sawtooth Basin right now, summer or winter.