SNAKE RIVER PLAIN Archives - IDAHO: A Climbing Guide

* Peaks listed in Elevation order; highest to lowest

Peak Name	Mountain Range	Elevation	Prominence	Year	Description
Point 7860 Twin Falls County HP	Snake River Plain	7,860 ft	120		This point is not in the book. Dan Robbins, Ken Jones and Livingston Douglas provided the beta and photos ... read more
Big Southern Butte	Snake River Plain	7,560 ft	2390	2018	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas updated this page by providing clarification and expansio ... read more
Picabo Hills High Point by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,583 ft	1668	2021	This peak is not in the book. I added two maps to Livingston’s narrative. Published November 2021 ... read more
Peak 6550 by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,550 ft	320	2021	This peak is not in the book. I added a map to Livingston’s narrative. Published November 2021 < ... read more
Big Cinder Butte	Snake River Plain	6,515 ft	645	2015	Livingston Douglas has provided the additional route information and photos found below. Updated December ... read more
Sunset Cone	Snake River Plain	6,410 ft	460	2015	Livingston Douglas pointed out a new development. “Sunset Cone is in a restricted area of Crater ... read more
Silent Cone	Snake River Plain	6,357 ft	427	2015	Livingston Douglas added the detailed route information and photos found below. Updated December 2019 ... read more
Grassy Cone	Snake River Plain	6,315 ft	305	2015	Livingston Douglas added additional route information which can be found down the page. Updated December 2 ... read more
Big Craters by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,295 ft	225		This feature is not in the book. Published December 2019 Big Craters is Peak #4 o ... read more
North Junipers HP by Margo Mandella	Snake River Plain	6,265 ft	820		This peak is not in the book. Published January 2020 North Junipers HP is the high point ... read more
North Junipers HP by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,265 ft	820		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 North Junipers HP is the highest pea ... read more
North Crater by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,244 ft	214		This peak is not in the book. Published December 2019 North Crater is Peak #6 of ... read more
South Junipers HP by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,195 ft	670		This peak is not in the book. It is located on read more
West Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,194 ft	359		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 West Butte is located on BLM land. H ... read more
Inferno Cone by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,181 ft	131	1973	This peak is not in the book. Published December 2019 Inferno Cone is Peak ... read more
Paisley Cone by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,107 ft	177		This cone is not in the book. Published December 2019 Paisley Cone is Peak #7 of ... read more
Broken Top by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,058 ft	188		This peak is not in the book. Published December 2019 Broken Top is Peak #8 of th ... read more
Half Cone by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,055 ft	245		This cone is not in the book. Published December 2019 Half Cone is Peak #10 of th ... read more
Triplet Butte	Snake River Plain	6,030 ft	400		This peak is not in the book. Idaho is so big that practically no one has the time to vi ... read more
Mud Flat Hill by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	6,014 ft	44		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Mud Flat Hill is located at the cres ... read more
Bud Lewis Hill by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,991 ft	101		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Bud Lewis Hill is located on the eas ... read more
Crescent Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,990 ft	300		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Crescent Butte is the only ranked ... read more
Peak 5961 by Margo Mandella	Snake River Plain	5,961 ft	331		This peak is not in the book. Published January 2020. St. Anthony Sand Dunes is a unique ... read more
Peak 5961 by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,961 ft	331		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Peak 5961 is a double-humped summit ... read more
Signal Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,913 ft	183		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Signal Butte is located on the north ... read more
North Laidlaw Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,912 ft	342		North Laidlaw Butte is located about three miles southwest of the south end of the established Craters of the ... read more
Coyote Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,909 ft	179		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Coyote Butte is a rather insignifi ... read more
Quaking Aspen Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,864 ft	494		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Quaking Aspen Butte is a multi-humpe ... read more
The Watchman by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,858 ft	268		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 The Watchman is located at the sou ... read more
Echo Crater by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,847 ft	157		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Echo Crater is a magnificent, rock ... read more
Peak 5842 by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,842 ft	332		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Peak 5842 is an impressive open su ... read more
Cedar Butte	Snake River Plain	5,828 ft	758		This peak is not in the book. Margo Mandella and Livingston Douglas provided the information based below b ... read more
Peak 5821 by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,821 ft	316		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Peak 5821 is a hump that is sandwi ... read more
The Sentinel by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,812 ft	222		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 The Sentinel is located at the sou ... read more
Timmerman Hills High Point	Snake River Plain	5,736 ft	566	2018	The Timmerman Hills are located on the North Edge of the Snake River Plain. ID-75 forms the West boundary of t ... read more
Wildhorse Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,714 ft	344		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Wildhorse Butte is a rather insignif ... read more
Wedge Butte	Snake River Plain	5,706 ft	637	2021	Livingston Douglas provided the updated route information and additional photos found below. Livingston de ... read more
Sixmile Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,695 ft	290		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sixmile Butte is a rather insignific ... read more
Fingers Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,624 ft	174		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Fingers ... read more
North Menan Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,619 ft	794	1981	North Menan Butte is located at the east end of the Snake River Plain. The butte is a popular hike in eastern ... read more
Sunset Ridge by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,609 ft	179		This butte is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sunset Ridge is located due south o ... read more
Canyon Benchmark by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,591 ft	331		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Canyon Benchmark is a minor peak in ... read more
Tin Cup Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,590 ft	60		This butte is not in the book. Published November 2022 Tin Cup Butte is located on the eas ... read more
Little Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,533 ft	148		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2020 Little Butte, as its name implies, ... read more
Sugarloaf by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,523 ft	133		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sugarloaf is a handsome butte that i ... read more
Mosby Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,498 ft	408		Mosby Butte served as a fire lookout at least as early as 1935 and into the 1950s. A road leads to its summit, ... read more
Clay Bank Hills HP by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,481 ft	451	2021	This peak is not in the book. The Clay Bank Hills are a minor ridge system at the north edge of the Snake ... read more
Salmon Butte	Snake River Plain	5,389 ft	319	2016	Livingston Douglas provided photos and text updates to the narrative below. Updated November 2021 ... read more
Table Legs Butte	Snake River Plain	5,385 ft	335		This peak is not in the book. Margo Mandella and Livingston Douglas provided the following information bas ... read more
Laidlaw Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,368 ft	398		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Laidlaw Butte is located due south ... read more
Sand Mountain by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,365 ft	270		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sand Mountain is perhaps the most ap ... read more
Ditto Hill by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,356 ft	322		This peak is on read more
Peak 5273	Snake River Plain	5,273 ft	403	2018	Livingston Douglas provided the new route information and additional photos found down the page. Updated D ... read more
Bonny Benchmark by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,272 ft	387		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Bonny Benchmark is located west of ... read more
Pillar Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,261 ft	311		Pillar Butte is the source of the immense Wapi volcanic flow which is part of the Great Rift. It is a remote, ... read more
Table Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,235 ft	340		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Table Butte is a rather ins ... read more
Ant Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,190 ft	80		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Ant Butte is located at the east e ... read more
Little Grassy Ridge by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,175 ft	300		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Little Grassy Ridge is an obscure, v ... read more
Magic Benchmark by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,167 ft	212		This benchmark is not in the book. Published December 2019 Magic Benchmark is a hump tha ... read more
Shattuck Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,163 ft	228		This peak is not in the book. There is no public access. Published November 2021 Shattuc ... read more
Bear Den Butte	Snake River Plain	5,104 ft	254		This peak is not in the book. Bear Den Butte is the highest point in Minidoka County. It ... read more
Lava Butte	Snake River Plain	5,079 ft	149		This peak is not in the book. Published January 2020 This low-prominence volcanic butte ... read more
Kimama Butte	Snake River Plain	5,074 ft	779	2016, 2017	Livingston Douglas provides a complete update of the access and route information as well as additional pho ... read more
Corral Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	5,052 ft	42		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Corral Butte is located at the eas ... read more
Ninemile Knoll by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,984 ft	59		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Nread more
Peak 4982 by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,982 ft	292		This butte is not in the book. Published November 2021 Peak 4982 is an impressive hump t ... read more
Little Buttes, South by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,964 ft	127		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Little Buttes, South is the southern ... read more
Little Buttes, North by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,955 ft	88		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Little Buttes, North is the northern ... read more
Kinzie Butte	Snake River Plain	4,945 ft	400	1979	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provided the additional access and route information. Upd ... read more
Wildhorse Butte 4915	Snake River Plain	4,915 ft	345	2017	This peak is not in the book. Wildhorse Butte is located southwest of Craters of Moon National Mon ... read more
Black Butte Crater by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,850 ft	160		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2021 Black Butte Crater is a magnificen ... read more
Split Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,795 ft	145		This peak is not in the book. Published January 2023 Split Butte is located east of Whiske ... read more
Sid Butte	Snake River Plain	4,775 ft	430	2017	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provides updated access and route information as well as ... read more
Whiskey Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,633 ft	23		Whiskey Butte is located north of Minidoka, ID in Minidoka County. With only 23 feet of prominence, Whiskey Bu ... read more
Dietrich Butte	Snake River Plain	4,632 ft	442	2017	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provides additional photos as well as updated access and ... read more
The Crater by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,485 ft	160		The Crater is the high point of a butte that has a large crater in its center. The high point is located on th ... read more
Owinza Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	4,436 ft	181		Owinza Butte is a minor hump that is located just over 10 miles east of Dietrich, Idaho on the south side of I ... read more
Crater Butte	Snake River Plain	4,432 ft	157	2017	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provides additional photos as well as updated access and ... read more
Notch Butte	Snake River Plain	4,335 ft	350	1979	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provides additional photos as well as updated access and ... read more
Flat Top Butte 4297	Snake River Plain	4,297 ft	362	2017	This butte is not in the book. Livingston Douglas provides additional photos as well as updated access and ... read more
Peak 4008 (Jackson School Butte)	Snake River Plain	4,008 ft		2016	This peak is not in the book. Updated September 2019 Jackson School Butte is located nor ... read more
Lockman Butte	Snake River Plain	3,790 ft	320	2016	This peak is not in the book. Lockman Butte is located north of Mountain Home, Idaho. Ac ... read more
Big Foot Butte	Snake River Plain	3,535 ft	390	2015	This peak is not in the book. Published October 2015 Big Foot Butte is a large basalt ba ... read more
Christmas Mountain by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,497 ft	235		Published (appropriately) in December 2019 Christmas Mountain is a desert hump located j ... read more
Cinder Cone Butte	Snake River Plain	3,426 ft	336	2015	This peak is not in the book. Cinder Cone Butte is a large cinder cone which can be spotted south ... read more
Sinker Butte	Snake River Plain	3,421 ft	384	2018	This peak is not in the book. There are two routes set out below. Updated November 2022 ... read more
Flagstaff Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,390 ft	40		This peak is not in the book. Published December 2019 Flagstaff Butte is a minor hump located alon ... read more
Fossil Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,304 ft	114	2022	This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Fossil Butte is located along ID-78 ... read more
Initial Point	Snake River Plain	3,240 ft	365		This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added an additional photo to the initial entry (no pun in ... read more
Kuna Butte	Snake River Plain	3,236 ft	371	2015	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added a photo to the initial entry. Updated November 2022 ... read more
Burnt Ridge by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,160 ft	50		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Burnt Ridge is a rather unimpressive ... read more
Gopher Knoll by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,136 ft	73		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Gopher Knoll is a small butte that i ... read more
Guffey Butte	Snake River Plain	3,130 ft	480	2018	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas contributed two additional photos to the initial entry. U ... read more
Sinker Creek Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	3,129 ft	162		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sinker Creek Butte towers over Sinke ... read more
Pickles Butte	Snake River Plain	3,084 ft	419	2016	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added two photos to the initial entry. Updated November 2 ... read more
Coyote Butte	Snake River Plain	3,051 ft	176	2015	This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added two photos to the initial page. Updated November 20 ... read more
Walters Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,938 ft	468		This peak is not in the book. There are two reported ascents via the butte’s northern slopes from a grav ... read more
Bruneau Dunes HP by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,937 ft	350		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Bruneau Dunes HP is the highest poin ... read more
Sugar Bowl by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,908 ft	218		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Sugar Bowl is on read more
Peak 2887 (Montini Volcano)	Snake River Plain	2,887 ft	450		This peak is not in the book. This peak, unofficially named Montini Volcano, is located ... read more
Jackass Butte	Snake River Plain	2,852 ft	365		This butte is not in the book. Jackass Butte lies on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management ... read more
Lizard Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,634 ft	184		This peak is not in the book. Published November 2022 Lizard Butte is a very distinctive-l ... read more
White Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,590 ft	220		This butte is not in the book. Published November 2022 White Butte is located due south of ... read more
Pickle Butte by Livingston Douglas	Snake River Plain	2,319 ft	69		This peak is not in the book. This bump, not to be confused with nearby read more
The Snake River Plain	Snake River Plain	0 ft			The Snake River Plain is the largest contiguous geologic feature in Idaho. The Plain forms a large crescent st ... read more

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