Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 119 of the book. Updated November 2025 Cottonwood Butte is located deep within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, west of the Middle Fork Salmon River and east of Cold Meadows. Accessing the peak on foot requires multiple days of hard backpacking. The closest access is the backcountry … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Peak 7164 is located due north of Skunk Creek Summit and several miles south of East Mountain on the North Fork Range Crest. This area is covered by dense forest but the peak’s broad summit area has scattered meadows and a view. USGS Skunk Creek Summit Access and Route, Class … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 117 of the book. The route in the book covers hiking approaches. The route below covers the road approach. Published June 2019 East Peak is the highest point in the North Fork Range, a subrange of the Salmon River Mountains. It is one of the most outstanding viewpoints in Idaho. … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Sagebrush Mountain is located northeast of the central Bighorn Crags. It has a fire lookout on its summit. USGS Bighorn Crags Bing Young summarized the lookout’s history as follows: Sagebrush lookout, at 7,147 feet, has long since been an important lookout in the Forest. On the 1918 map, Sagebrush was … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Long Tom Mountain is located 36.0 miles WNW of Salmon, Idaho. A fire lookout is located on a point just south of the summit. USGS Long Tom Mountain Bing Young provided the following history of the lookout: If any one point on the Forest had to be selected as being … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Bing Young provided the historical information for the fire lookout. Livingston Douglas provided the remainder of this page. Livingston provides detailed driving directions below. I note that Google Maps will give you directions, however, it is always wise to check with the Forest Service for current road conditions before using Google Map directions. … Continue reading