This peak is not in the book. Published July 2021 Walkers Peak is a big peak located along Artillery Dome Road, which cuts a non-wilderness path into the heart of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. There is a communication installation just north of the cone-shaped summit. The views are splendid. USGS Chinook Mountain Access Access this peak … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published July 2021 Peak 8638 is located 3.0 miles north of Morehead Mountain. USGS Honeymoon Lake Access Access this peak via the 4WD Artillery Dome Road. Morehead Mountain Trail, Class 1+ The Morehead Mountain Trail passes along the west side of this peak and eventually reaches the peak’s south ridge a hundred feet south … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 118 of the book. The book points out that three trails access the lookout on this summit. This update covers the shortest hiking approach but the most difficult driving approach. Published July 2021 Morehead Mountain is located on a long north-south ridgeline that runs south from the Artillery Dome Road … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published 2021 This peak has been used as a fire lookout since 1934 and is still staffed. The heavy forest in this area gives way to a rocky summit and the lookout structure. Lewis and Clark came by the peak on their way to the Pacific. The view to the west from the … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. LOJ and Peakbagger list the elevation as 8,118 feet based on a spot elevation on the Grave Peak USGS quadrangle. The high point is 50 feet to the north of the spot elevation. Like many peaks in the Idaho batholith, granite boulders and columns often are the high point, not where the spot … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2021 Peak 6620 is located east of Idaho City and due south of Archie Mountain on a forested ridge that divides Pike Fork to the north from Crooked River to the south. This ridge was heavily logged at one time in the distant past. Forest Service maps show a plethora of … Continue reading