where was pale rider filmed

The movie "Pale Rider" was primarily filmed in central Idaho, specifically in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and the Boulder Mountains near Sun Valley. Some scenes were also filmed in California, including the gold rush town scenes shot in Columbia State Historic Park and railway scenes filmed at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California. The films used the Idaho landscape to represent an untamed California during the Gold Rush era, and a set was built in a remote area of the Sawtooth National Forest for the fictional town of LaHood.