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This peak is not in the book. Published October 2025

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Peak 9220 is a hidden hump that sits just off FSR-020 and a short distance north of Iron Lake in the Eastern Salmon River Mountains. It is an easy forest bushwhack from the road. Surprisingly, the summit is open and offers some nice views.

Access

From US-93 about five miles south of Salmon, turn west onto Williams Creek Road (signed for Williams Lake) and drive 13.5 miles up this well-maintained county road to Williams Creek Summit. Reset your odometer here. From Williams Creek Summit, head south on FSR-020, a rocky ridge road. A sign here says “China Spring 7 miles; Iron Lake 19 miles.” At 6.2 miles, reach a signed junction with Degan Mountain Road/FSR-045 (left). Continue straight on FSR-020.

At 8.2 miles, reach an unsigned junction with FSR-025 (right).Continue straight on FSR-020. At 10.1 miles, reach a signed junction with FSR-099. Continue straight on FSR-020. At 13.9 miles, reach an unsigned junction (right). Continue straight on FSR-020. At 16.3 miles, park along the road on the west side of Peak 9220. This spot is at 9,155 and 44°55’55.3”N, 114°11’16.9”W]. A larger, better parking pullout is about 60 feet farther south on the road. It would be idea to park where the road crests, but there just isn’t a spot there to pull off the road.

West Face, Class 2

The Climb

From the improvised roadside pullout, bushwhack east-northeast through thick-ish pine forest with blowdown and some gapped/open areas. You will soon find the easier, semi-open summit hump. I built a nice cairn atop the highest ground boulder on the semi-open, forested summit hump.