This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Timber Butte is a small, easy-to-miss, butte that sits just to the west of Deadline Ridge Road near a minor ridge saddle. It has a short patch of thick pine/aspen forest on its east side, hiding the rocky outcrop that is its summit. Its south and west sides are a … Continue reading
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This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Bald Hill is a hump that is tucked in the west side of the South Hills, below Deadline Ridge to the east and mixed in with some other unranked points of similar height. While not an impressive summit, this is an enjoyable hike through a beautiful forest on a good … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 North Cottonwood Ridge is one of many ridges in the South Hills. It is located just west of McMullen Basin. A road (FSR-545) gets you close to the summit. The summit area showed no signs of previous ascent so I built a small cairn on the summit high point. USGS … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Black Mountain is an unimpressive, forested hump that is dominated by Mountain View Peak to the east. It is an unranked summit with an unclear “high point.” Having wandered around for a while to find a clear high point, I think you can ascertain my opinion of this summit. Not … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Mountain View Peak is the high point on Buckskin Ridge. It can easily be reached via Buckskin Road/FSR-617 if you have a high-clearance, 4WD vehicle. There are a series of major watery mudholes on this road making it difficult to even hike it! USGS Pike Mountain North Ridge, Class 2 … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Peak 6763 is a ranked summit that lies on the north-to-south ridgeline that extends from Pike Mountain north over Elk Butte and continues north all the way along the west side of Wahlstrom Hollow to reach Magpie Basin at its terminus. Though not as high as its southern neighbors, Peak … Continue reading