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Payette Peak

Idaho

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Payette Peak is a summit of about 10,200 feet in Custer County, Idaho, inside the Sawtooth Wilderness. The peak lies within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area of the Sawtooth National Forest, which the Forest Service manages, and the nearest town is Stanley, about 15 miles away. The closest trail is the Mount Cramer Trail, under a mile away, and the Alice Lake - Redfish Lake Trail is about 1.6 miles off. For an overnight base, Pettit Lake Campground is roughly 6 miles away, and the Sawtooth Wilderness offers lake fishing about 4 miles from the peak.

Summit Facts

Summit elevation

10,200 ft

Land manager

Forest Service

Elevation from USGS 3D Elevation Program terrain data (about 10 m resolution).

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Location

Payette Peak

Idaho

Name and location: U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program. View the GNIS record.

Facts about this place

Where it is

Nearest town
Stanley, Idaho · 15 mi
Managed by
Forest Service

Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1; USGS GNIS populated places

Conditions

Active alerts for Sawtooth National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Sawtooth National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Sawtooth National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.