This peak is not in the book. Published June 2019 Long Tom Mountain is located 36.0 miles WNW of Salmon, Idaho. A fire lookout is located on a point just south of the summit. USGS Long Tom Mountain Bing Young provided the following history of the lookout: If any one point on the Forest had to be selected as being … Continue reading
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This peak is not in the book. Bing Young provided the historical information for the fire lookout. Livingston Douglas provided the remainder of this page. Livingston provides detailed driving directions below. I note that Google Maps will give you directions, however, it is always wise to check with the Forest Service for current road conditions before using Google Map directions. … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Updated July 2019 Lake Mountain is located on the East Edge of the Salmon River Mountains, 14.0 miles southwest of Salmon, Idaho. It was once a fire lookout but is now the home of an FAA site. The FAA has sheared off the top and put a location beacon in the center of … Continue reading
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