Salmon-Challis National Forest

Leadore Ranger District

This District is comprised of 335,613 acres encompassing portions of the Lemhi Mountains to the west and the Beaverhead Mountains to the east of the Lemhi Valley. The area is rich in history. We are located 45 miles south of Salmon on Highway 28.

The Leadore Ranger District has gone through many changes over the years, yet much of the area looks the way it did 100 years ago. While traveling the upper Lemhi Valley area it is easy to imagine the Indians hunting along the Lemhi River, or the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossing to the west of the "Great Divide", envision the freight wagons, heavy with supplies, slowly making their way to the mines of the area. This rural undeveloped area provides numerous opportunities to revisit and visualize the past.