Redfish Lake
- Easy
- difficulty
- Jun–Aug
- best months
Is Redfish Lake open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Sawtooth National Forest.
Paradise Prescribed Burn Restricted Access
Agency alert covering Sawtooth National Forest · USFS · Sawtooth National Forest
Grandjean Area, Road, and Trail Closure
Agency alert covering Sawtooth National Forest · Order 0414-04-165 · USFS · Sawtooth National Forest
Over-Snow Vehicle and Bicycle Prohibitions
Agency alert covering Sawtooth National Forest · Order 0414-00-028 · USFS · Sawtooth National Forest
Occupancy and Use - Food Storage
Agency alert covering Sawtooth National Forest · Order 0414-04-143 · USFS · Sawtooth National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Sawtooth National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Redfish Lake is a fishing lake in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area, part of the Sawtooth National Forest. The State Department of Land manages the land, and the lake sits within the recreation area's ranger district. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Stanley show July and August highs around 80°F with lows near 37 to 39°F and only five or six wet days a month. Winters are cold, with January highs around 29°F. Several other spots are close by. Bench Lakes and the Redfish Ridge Trail are both about 0.9 miles away. Sockeye Campground is about a mile off, and the Redfish Lake Bouldering climbing area is about 1.5 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Camp Perkins14 mi away
- The Sawmill Station25 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Bench LakesHikingPhoto: U.S. Forest Service employees, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)0.9 mi
Redfish Ridge TrailHikingPhoto: J. Crane, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)0.9 mi- Sockeye CgCamping1 mi
Point CampgroundCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain1.2 mi- Mount Heyburn CgCamping1.4 mi
Redfish Lake BoulderingRock climbingPhoto: treegrow, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)1.5 mi
Roundabout BoulderRock climbingPhoto: Fredlyfish4 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.6 mi- Salmon RiverRiver fishing6.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Little Baron LakeLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Deadwood ReservoirLake fishing · ~1h 7m drive
- Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds WildernessRiver fishing · ~28 min drive
- Middle Cramer LakeLake fishing · ~12 min drive
- Salmon RiverRiver fishing · ~11 min drive
- Hemingway-Boulders WildernessRiver fishing · ~45 min drive
- Alpine LakeLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Big Wood RiverRiver fishing · ~1h 10m drive
- Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger DistrictRiver fishing · ~1h 15m drive
- Sawtooth LakeLake fishing · ~13 min drive
Best time to visit Redfish Lake
Best months: June–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
29° / 4°
12 wet
Feb
35° / 7°
12 wet
Mar
42° / 14°
14 wet
Apr
49° / 21°
12 wet
May
60° / 30°
12 wet
Jun
69° / 35°
10 wet
Jul
80° / 39°
6 wet
Aug
80° / 37°
5 wet
Sep
70° / 31°
7 wet
Oct
55° / 24°
9 wet
Nov
39° / 14°
12 wet
Dec
28° / 6°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Stanley Rs, ID, 3.6 mi away at 6,495 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
