Redfish Lake, Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

Text And Photography By Eric Green

Updated October 18, 2018

One of the largest of several hundred gorgeous alpine lakes located in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Redfish Lake sits at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains at an elevation of 6,500 feet in Custer County in central Idaho.

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Originally Published March 26, 2013

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