Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 232 of the book. Updated June 2022 Lone Pine Peak is a big, isolated peak seldom visited by climbers. It is a great destination. You are likely to see wild horses roaming this country. USGS Lone Pine Peak Access Primary access is from Bradshaw Basin to the south. [(D)(1) on … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book, although I skied to its summit several times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Given the popularity of Kelly Mountain, this page contains route descriptions by Rick Baugher, and Livingston Douglas. The Jefferson County HP is located on the slopes of this mountain. Updated November 2019 Kelly Mountain is a broad hump-shaped peak … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 339 of the book. There are a lot of updates set out below. Livingston Douglas and Margo Mandella provided corrections for the north ridge route and important additions to the book’s text for trail access to Mount Baird’s Class 2 northwest ridge. Ken Jones described this route in his 2001 … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 338 of the book. Updated November 2018 There is a question as to whether Piney Peak or Garns Mountain is the highest Big Hole Mountain peak. Ken Jones writes: “Garns Mountain (9,016 feet) and Piney Peak (9,019 feet) as of July 9, 2001. I’m not sure where you got the … Continue reading
These mountains are located east of Idaho Falls and north of the Snake River. Although designated as two separate ranges by the USGS map makers, the Big Hole and Snake River ranges are physically and geologically the same group of mountains. These mountains form a tangled web of ridges, streams, aspen thickets and meadows that rise out of the Snake … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 328 of the book. Updated November 2020 Cobble Mountain is a beautiful peak with three magnificent ridges on its south side: the southwest ridge, the south ridge, and the southeast ridge. The east face of the summit ridge is particularly rugged and exposed. The high point is about 0.3 miles … Continue reading