The mountains called. They said you’d better add this stunning four-season byway to your Idaho bucket list.

In under an hour, farmland gives way to a wild and beautiful desert landscape — and North America’s nesting raptors’ greatest concentration.

When in search of scenery and solitude, chart a course through this route’s striking landscape.

Three hours is all the time it takes to get from Idaho’s charming capital city to expansive national forest lands — and some of the most remote wilderness areas in the country.