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This peak is not in the book. Published October 2025

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Peak 7552 is the northernmost of the Donkey Hills. It sits due south of Goldburg and is easily reached via a BLM road that comes off the Little Lost River Highway. USGS Spring Hill

Access

From ID-33 in Howe, drive north on the paved Little Lost River Highway (which becomes a good gravel road) all the way northwest to the Summit Reservoir. Continue northwest on the good gravel road to Junction 6335 at [unsigned] Donkey Creek Road. This junction is 5.0 miles northwest of the southeast corner of Summit Reservoir. Donkey Creek Road is a rutted, dirt 2-track road that can only be driven in bone dry conditions. I was only able to drive 0.2 miles southwest up the road and park in a grassy pullout just before a lengthy section of mud and soft dirt [6,358 feet; 44°20’28.6”N, 113°35’44.5”W].

Northeast Ridge, Class 2

The Climb

From the parking spot, hike southwest then south up Donkey Creek Road to an unsigned junction at a cattle gate crossing. Go right/south here to stay on Donkey Creek Road. Continue hiking south on Donkey Creek Road to a crossing of [small] Donkey Creek at Junction 6562. There is a cattle gate crossing here and a seasonal BLM road closure sign.

Leave the road here and cross a cattle fence. Scramble west up onto a nice shoulder of short, gapped grass/sagebrush. This is the northeast ridge. Climb southwest and find a game/cattle trail (weak but still useful) that skirts the west side of Point 7163 and continues west-southwest a bit farther up the ridge. Scramble up a steeper section of almost bare ground high up to reach the cairned high point at the south end of the summit cap.