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This butte is not in the book. Published October 2025

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Camas Butte is a gentle hump on the Snake River Plain due west of I-15. A good gravel 2-track road gets you pretty close to the summit area. This double-humped peak has two summits. Contrary to LOJ, the east summit is the high point (5,140+). USGS Cedar Butte

Access

Same as for Table Butte (5,235 feet) except continue north on the frontage road for another 2.5 miles to a signed junction with Beaver Creek Road. Turn left/west onto Beaver Creek Road and reset your odometer. Go under I-15 to its west side and continue straight/west onto an unsigned, good gravel 2-track road (shown as Snake River Plain Road on the USGS topo map). Do NOT continue right/north on Beaver Creek Road. At 2.1 miles, reach an unsigned junction on a saddle/ridge crossing. Go left/west here onto a weaker 2-track road and drive 100 yards to where the road gets very rocky. Park along the road here [5,065 feet; 44°03’04”N, 112°16’53.6”W].

Map Errors

The USGS map erroneously shows another road (with a frontage road that does not exist) to the south of the correct 2-track road heading west. That other road (to the south) does not exist. LOJ fails to show this 2-track road, which heads directly at Camas Butte.

East Face, Class 2

The Climb

From the improvised roadside pullout, bushwhack west across and up easy, short field grass with scattered sagebrush to reach the semi-rocky east summit. I built a cairn on top. Contrary to LOJ, the east summit is the high point as it sits above a higher final contour line than the [measured] west summit. From the east summit, traverse southwest to the official, measured summit where there is a cairn, which I built up a bit. Visit both summits to be sure that you’ve stood atop the actual high point. My GPS found the east summit to be about two feet higher than the west summit.