This peak is not in the book. Also see the Owyhee Mountains Peaks List for all of the peaks in this range. Updated April 2019 The access road described below was recently posted as a “PRIVATE ROAD.” The road crosses about 50 feet of private property and then enters public lands. Check with the BLM before using the access road: +1 … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas revised the access section, provided a new route, added new photos. Erik Pohlmann has provided a new route variation for this peak which is set out below. Updated October 2023 Peak 5100 is located on a ridge that separates Grouse Creek and Blacks Creek. I recommend climbing it and Peak 5096 … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Additional Danskin Mountains access information is in the book [(D)(1) on Pages 154-155 and (G)(1) on Page 156]. Livingston Douglas revised this page. Also see the following website page: Danskin Mountains OHV Trails. Updated October 2023 Peak 5096 is located on a long North-South ridge between Grouse Creek and Blacks Creek. Access the … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book Copper Mountain is the northwestern-most named Sawtooth summit. It rises up above ID-21 west of the point where a road leads west to Bull Trout Lake, which is roughly 1.25 miles south of Banner Summit. This peak is ascended often in the Winter as the nearby highway offers good access to its broad … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added more detailed access and route information as well as new photos to this page. I replaced my entry with Livingston’s. My GPS track is set out below with comments on my climb. Updated October 2023 Peak 5180 is the northwestern-most ranked Danskin Mountains summit. Climb the peak from Deadman Creek … Continue reading
The Clearwater Mountains are Idaho’s largest mountain group and cover most of North Central Idaho. These mountains are mostly Idaho Batholith granite and are covered in places with scattered deposits of older sedimentary and metamorphic rocks that have yet to erode away. During the Pleistocene ice age, alpine glaciers carved cirques and lake basins into the sides of higher Clearwater … Continue reading