This peak is not in the book. Updated April 2018 Piute Butte is a rugged peak with an impressive basalt crown. It is located in the Western Owyhee Mountains on the second ridgeline east of US-95. The peak climbs above the east and west forks of Squaw Creek and sits due south of Dryden Peak. It is not an easy summit … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added two photos to the initial entry. Updated November 2022 Peak 3036 stands guard over the entrance to the impressive Hardtrigger Canyon on the northern edge of the Owyhee Mountains, southeast of Marsing, ID. The Hardtrigger drainage empties a lot of country and culminates in a spectacular canyon at its northern … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Pioneer Creek Peak is a nondescript ridgeline summit located on the Continental Divide. Well, almost. The actual summit high point is only about 100 lateral feet from the actual Divide, according to the USGS topo map. The summit offers a panoramic view of the twisting, forested nature of the Continental Divide as it … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Updated November 2023 Morgan Mountain is a hidden, forested hump on the Continental Divide and the ID/MT border. It is located due south of Big Hole Pass. It is a road hike with a thick bushwhack to the unpretentious summit. USGS Big Hole Pass South Ridge, Class 2 Access This climb begins at … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 320 of the book. Livingston Douglas climbed the south ridge in 2016 and provided the route update. John Platt climbed the south ridge in 2018 and provided additional route information. Updated October 2018 Pyramid Peak lies on the Continental Divide. It was first climbed in 1840 (see Page 13 of … Continue reading
Florians Nudl is a formation on the south ridge of Goat Mountain. Florians Nudl is named after Florian Haemmerle, one of the first European guides employed by the Sun Valley Company (see Page 18). Although Florian and other guides climbed it before World War II, route information was nonexistent or at least undiscoverable. Finally, we now have route information. Colorado … Continue reading