Lost River Mountain

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 283 of the book. Updated June 2022 Access to Lost River Mountain was recently closed at the point where it first crosses private land, The access route, BLM road MK127, crosses BLM and private land as it provides access to Forest Service land at the point where Upper Cedar Creek flows out … Continue reading

Jaggle Benchmark

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Pages 288-289 of the book. The route in the book starts in the Little Lost River Valley and begins in Cabin Fork Creek. I climbed the peak via its south ridge, Kaleb Houck climbed the peak via a rib on the peak’s southwest face. He provided the route update found below. … Continue reading

Umpleby Peak

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 305 of the book. This entry provides updated route information. Contents included (1) Brief notes on The Knoll to Umpleby Traverse, (2) The north ridge route, (3) The Bell Mountain to Umpleby Traverse, (4) The Basinger Canyon route and (5) Livingston Douglas’ west gully route. Updated December 2019 Umpleby is … Continue reading

Favorite Bell Mountain

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Pages 305-306 of the book. The book describes six routes on this peak. The peak’s West Ridge/West Face is the route most often climbed. This update includes additional routes and more detail on the West Ridge/West Face route. Updated June 2020 Bell Mountain is one of Idaho’s iconic landmarks. My first … Continue reading

Peak 10744 (Gilmore East)

Gilmore East viewed from Gilmore Peak. John Platt Photo

This peak is not in the book. It is the east summit of officially-named Gilmore Peak. Based on my visual observation, I believed there was a 50/50 chance that it is actually the highest point on the Gilmore Peak massif. My observation was recently confirmed by LiDAR measurements. Gilmore Peak is discussed on Page 304 of the book. Updated December … Continue reading

Peak 10744 (Wright Peak)

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 297 of the book. Wright Peak is located on the main Lemhi Range Crest south of Buck Lakes Peak. The unofficial name is derived from the peak’s location above Wright Lakes. Rick Baugher climbed this peak in 2000 and found no evidence of previous ascent. More recently, Livingston Douglas provided … Continue reading