Edith Lake is a small

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in Custer County,

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, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the

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. The lake is approximately south of

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. A trail from the

Yellow Belly Lake Yellow Belly Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately south of Stanley and northwest of Ketchum. Yellow Belly Lake can ...

and

Pettit Lake Pettit Lake is a large alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately south of Stanley and northwest of Ketchum. Pettit Lake is access ...

trailheads leads towards Edith Lake via

Farley Lake Farley Lake is a small alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately south of Stanley. There are two small islands in Farley La ...

. These trailheads can be accessed from State Highway 75 via

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road 208.Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” ap1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. With a surface elevation of

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, Sawtooth Lake often remains frozen into early summer. Edith Lake is in the

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and wilderness permit can be obtained at trailheads. The hike to Edith Lake from the Yellow Belly Lake trailhead is about .

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