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This peak is not in the book. Published October 2025

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Swan Peak is an obscure, forested hump that sits west of Pepper Creek Ridge in the Eastern Salmon River Mountains. It is in a burn area and requires a difficult bushwhack to reach the summit. FSR-099 gets you close to the east face. USGS Cobalt

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. Go right/northwest onto rugged FSR-099 and drive 2.5 miles to an unsigned “T” junction (Junction 7947) at the base of the east face. Park here [8,000 feet; 45°00’49.5”N, 114°11’02.6”W].

FSR-099 goes through a serious burn area with lots of standing snags. Some snags poke into, or cross, the road. Carry a chain saw if you plan to drive this road for any real distance.

East Face, Class 2

The Climb

From the road junction, bushwhack west (or west-northwest) through a flattish area that is a brutal mix of downed trees, charred logs, and young live pines to reach the base of the semi-bare, rocky summit hump. Scramble up 200-250 feet of scree/gravel without much downed timber to reach the rocky summit area. The summit is open and has two USGS benchmarks. There is a large cairn (and post) on a slightly-lower hump about 100 feet to the east of the actual high point.