The Stanley to Redfish Trail, a 4.5-mile gravel path, is now open to hikers, bikers and horseback riders. E-bikes, which the Forest Service categorizes as motorized vehicles, are not permitted.

Visitors eat lunch from the gazebo outside Redfish Lake Lodge on Aug. 15. A proposed trail network would connect all of the lake’s visitor facilities.

The trail connecting Stanley with Redfish Lake opened in August 2023. Local landowner David Boren wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings on his lawsuit to stop the trail.

A trail connecting Stanley to Redfish Lake is to be completed this summer, decades after the idea was first conceived to connect the two destinations. The 4.5-mile gravel path from Pioneer Park in ...

Also included in the deal is more than $1.5 million for trail maintenance and construction in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, including a trail between Redfish Lake and Stanley.

The long-awaited Stanley to Redfish Trail officially opened earlier this month. Sawtooth Forest officials announced the opening on Aug. 15. The trail had been finished for several weeks and people ...