This peak is not in the book. Bing Young provided the lookout’s history. Livingston Douglas added his more detailed take on reaching the summit. Updated November 2923 Red Rock Peak, a former fire lookout site, is located in the Yellowjacket Mountains subrange of the Salmon River Mountains southeast of the Bighorn Crags. Like all fire lookout sites, it has an … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Oreana Ridge is located WNW of North Fork, Idaho. A fire lookout, open to the public, is still found on its summit. USGS Tincup Hill Bing Young recounts its history as follows: Oreana or Oreano? This name appears differently on [different) maps and documents, to say nothing of the way it … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. The original entry recounted the peak’s history as a fire lookout. Livingston Douglas added all the additional details. Updated November 2023 Ulysses Mountain is located northwest of North Fork, Idaho and due south of Indian Peak. Ulysses Mountain is the high point on a ridge that separates Indian Creek from Sage Creek in … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Indian Peak is located northwest of North Fork, Idaho and north of the Salmon River. USGS Ulysses Mountain Bing Young uncovered the fact that the peak was used as a crude fire lookout in the distant past. Bing writes: Indian Peak is a 7763-foot mountain directly north of Ulysses Mountain … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Duck Creek Point is located at the South End of the Yellowjacket Mountains Subrange of the Salmon River Mountains. The old lookout was still standing in 2010. USGS Duck Creek Point Bing Young writes: Duck Creek Point is in the Yellowjacket Mountains near the South End of the Forest. It is … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added the paragraph covering the road that leads from FSR-038 to the summit. Updated November 2023 Blue Nose is located on the Idaho/Montana border on top of the Bitterroot Mountains crest. This remote summit is a former fire lookout site operated by the Salmon National Forest. As such, a road leads … Continue reading