Go north on Warren Wagon Road from Idaho 55 in McCall ... somewhat by design. The hike to Loon Lake, tucked into the Payette National Forest north of McCall at the base of North Loon Mountain ...

Today, part of Payette Lake is under the protection of Ponderosa State Park, where visitors can camp, hike, and participate in other outdoor activities. Northern Idaho has three major lakes ...

Probably the hardest part of the hike to this neat little alpine lake northeast of McCall in the Payette National Forest is the 13-mile drive on a hard-packed washboard dirt road. But if you take ...

The Payette National Forest announced on Tuesday that it has temporarily closed four out of its five ranger district offices ...

Prior to European settlement, the Long Valley and Payette Lake were inhabited by Indigenous people who hunted and fished in the region. Idaho's gold ... ski, or hike down the wide trails, where ...

Payette Lake. The pristine alpine lake allows for all kinds of summertime opportunities to swim, sail, water-ski, jet-ski, canoe or kayak. There are many hiking trails nearby leading to hidden ...

Idaho’s state Land Board, meeting this morning, voted 4-1 to give state cabin lease holders on Priest and Payette lakes a reprieve ... 8 to 10 percent of Priest Lake cabin owners to walk away ...

The hike to Loon Lake, tucked into the Payette National Forest north of McCall ... the story of the B-23 Dragon bomber that crashed at Idaho’s Loon Lake in 1943. Chadd Cripe ccripe@ ...

The hike to Loon Lake, tucked into the Payette National Forest north of McCall ... allow more people to experience a unique piece of Idaho history — but that also would open the site to more ...