This place is amazing! There is a lot of riding
available and several huge hills that will challenge any machine you bring.
Thunder Mountain is on the East Side of the 35 mile long recreation area, near Egin lake. From the South side of Thunder Mountain, we had no problems with our
stock (at the time) 400EX’s. The North side was another story… The paddles did
their job, but we didn’t have enough power to climb the steep dune. The owners
of Sand Hills Resort told us that the bigger dunes are 600-1000 feet in vertical
climb. The distance wasn’t the problem, the challenge was how steep these things
are! We also gave Choke Cherry hill a few good attempts, but we found ourselves
laughing at one another since we couldn’t even make it half way up. And then
there’s Devils Dune, after attempting the first 2 steep dunes we didn’t think it
could get much worse… but they did. We couldn’t get up Devils Dune from the
North side either but the South side was no problem. The view from the top was
spectacular. For all of you hill shooters at Glamis, you've got to check this
place out... it's humbling. There’s camping available on the East end of the Dunes at Sand
Hills Resort. There’s grass, restrooms, and showers too.
Directions: Follow I-15 north to Idaho Falls and then exit onto Highway 20. Follow
Highway 20 North to exit 346. At the highway off ramp, turn left (north) onto
the hwy 20 business loop. Follow for approx ¼-½ mile and turn left onto 4th N /
600 N. You'll come up to a 'Y' in the road where the obvious traffic follows the
curve left. You can either follow the curve left, which takes you south to 500
N. or you can go straight per the little green sign that you might miss, and
follow it up to the stop sign. At the stop sign, take a left onto 1900 E. and
follow it down to 500 N. At the stop sign at 1900 E & 500 N. you're going to
want to either continue on 500 N (if you followed the curve earlier, or you'll
turn right onto 500 N. if you came down 1900 E. You should be heading west on
500 N. and you'll come to another 'Y'. This time be sure to stay to the right
(going straight across the railroad tracks) staying on 500 N. Follow 500 N. past
a couple farms and take a right on 29 Crapo Lane, Egin Lake. There will be signs
directing you to the Egin Lake Access (Dune access).
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Intersection of 1900
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Egin Lake / Dune
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Welcome to St.
Anthony Dunes!! |
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Fully paved roads all
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Camping & Riding Info
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Maps |
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Camping Fees |
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Historic Info |
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Dunes in the
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Overnight Camping
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Day Use Area |
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Be responsible & help
keep our Dunes Open |
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Truck unloading ramp
in the Day Use Area |
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Dune Access around
Egin Lake. It's dry in the summer |
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Frozen Lake & Partial
Dune View |
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Snow on the North
side of Thunder Mountain |
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It was only in the
20's so we didn't break out the quads |
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Loading Ramp in the
Day Use Area |
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Part of the lake was
frozen so we slid sand across it
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Our daughter loved
running to & from the lake |
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Pix below are from
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OTHER IDAHO RIDING AREAS
