This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added the paragraph covering the road that leads from FSR-038 to the summit. Updated November 2023 Blue Nose is located on the Idaho/Montana border on top of the Bitterroot Mountains crest. This remote summit is a former fire lookout site operated by the Salmon National Forest. As such, a road leads … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Blackbird Mountain is located in the Yellowjacket Mountains Subrange of the Salmon River Mountains due east of the Bighorn Crags. USGS Blackbird Mountain According to Bing Young: Blackbird Mountain, aside from being historically famous for cobalt mining, was one of the first lookouts in the Salmon National Forest. At an altitude … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas revised this page and added photos. Updated November 2023 Quartzite Mountain is located in the Yellowjacket Mountains. The summit is a short walk from the long road into the Bighorn Crags. It offers a great spot to take a break if you are making the long, tedious drive to the Bighorn … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Beartrap Ridge is located north of the Salmon River and west of North Fork, Idaho. It is in an area where the Clearwater and Bitterroot Mountains merge without a clear boundary line. This peak was a fire lookout site as early as 1919. The lookout was finally destroyed by the … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Bear Creek Point is a remote, former fire lookout site located above and just west of the Middle Fork Salmon River in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. USGS Bear Creek Point Bing Young provided the following information: Bear Creek Point is on the west side of the Middle … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added three photos. Updated November 2023 Baldy (originally known as Salmon City Peak) is located roughly 5 miles southwest of Salmon, Idaho. The peak was used as an early fire lookout and currently has a lot of communications equipment on its summit. The summit is visible to the southeast from Salmon. … Continue reading