The Lemhi Range is discussed on Pages 295-318 of the book. All Lemhi Range peaks included on this website can be found at this link: Lemhi Range Updates. The Lemhi Range is a quintessential linear mountain chain that runs from Salmon, Idaho in a southeasterly direction for over 100 miles to the Snake River Plain. It varies in width from … Continue reading
The Henrys Lake Range is a mixture of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and volcanic materials, including rhyolite and basalt with some Precambrian metamorphic rocks thrown in for good measure. The range, which was forced up with the uplifting of the Rocky Mountains, has most recently been shaped by glaciation and the nearby Henrys Fork and Island Park calderas and the collapsed … Continue reading
The Centennial Mountains are discussed on Pages 331-335 of the book. The range forms both the Continental Divide and the Idaho/Montana border for 62 miles, from Monida Pass at I-15 to Red Rock Pass east of Yellowstone National Park. The range is 12 miles wide in places. In the west, the range begins as series of high rolling ridges that … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 232 of the book. Updated June 2022 Lone Pine Peak is a big, isolated peak seldom visited by climbers. It is a great destination. You are likely to see wild horses roaming this country. USGS Lone Pine Peak Access Primary access is from Bradshaw Basin to the south. [(D)(1) on … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book, although I skied to its summit several times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Given the popularity of Kelly Mountain, this page contains route descriptions by Rick Baugher, and Livingston Douglas. The Jefferson County HP is located on the slopes of this mountain. Updated November 2019 Kelly Mountain is a broad hump-shaped peak … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 339 of the book. There are a lot of updates set out below. Livingston Douglas and Margo Mandella provided corrections for the north ridge route and important additions to the book’s text for trail access to Mount Baird’s Class 2 northwest ridge. Ken Jones described this route in his 2001 … Continue reading