The Highway to Heaven trail, stretching more than from Idaho's capital of Boise, is the only mountain passage in the West that begins from a major city. The trail winds from 8th Street in Boise and climbs the Boise River, past the Lucky Peak Dam. Sagebrush gives way to gentle pine slopes leading to historic Idaho City, then over Mores Creek Summit at and switches back down to Lowman. The route then climbs with the South Fork of the Payette River up and over Banner Summit at to Stanley, where it meets State Highway 75, just northeast of the Sawtooths.