From the road less traveled we take a side gravel road up to Two Springs Pass at 2300 meters through the Lost River Range just north of Mt Borah (Idahos highest peak). An earthquake in the 80s caused the valley bottom to drop 9 ft and the sheer line is still clearly visible for 20 miles.
From the pass we hike through low forests to an alpine ridge with big gnarly whitebark pine trees.
A big landscape with an even bigger sky. And no other human being around. Except on the next day when paraglider pilot Gavin McGlurg crossed this range on a 387 km record flight to Montana.
http://www.xcmag.com/2013/07/footlaunch-paragliding-record-falls-in-the-usa/
