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This peak is not in the book. Published November 2023

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Peak 6180 sits above the Lewis and Clark Backcountry Byway on the west side of Warm Spring Creek. It is a short sagebrush scramble from the Byway via the southeast shoulder. USGS Goldstone Mountain

Access

From ID-28 at Tendoy, drive east on [signed] Tendoy Lane for 0.1 miles to a “T” junction. Go left/north onto the [signed] Lewis and Clark Backcountry Byway and drive 2.7 miles to a signed junction. Go right/east here to continue on the Byway. This junction is also 1.9 miles south of 17 Mile Lane which goes 0.4 miles west to reach ID-28 north of Tendoy. Reset your odometer at this junction. Drive 2.6 miles up the Byway andpark in a roadside pullout at the toe of the southeast shoulder. This pullout is at 5,525 feet and 45⁰00’55”N, 113⁰36’06”W).

Southeast Shoulder, Class 2

The Climb

From the roadside pullout, cross to the west side of the road and bushwhack up thick sagebrush to reach the crest of the southeast shoulder. A bit higher up, the sagebrush thins out and it is an easy scramble to the summit with a 10-foot drop to a minor saddle early on.  The ridge crest heads northwest then bendswest to reach the summit. The summit of Peak 6180 is at a cattle fence corner. It has a BLM survey benchmark nearby. There is no summit cairn and no loose rocks with which to build one.