Find Nearby Peaks

This peak is not in the book. Published June 2021

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Peak 6620 is located east of Idaho City and due south of Archie Mountain on a forested ridge that divides Pike Fork to the north from Crooked River to the south. This ridge was heavily logged at one time in the distant past. Forest Service maps show a plethora of roads spanning the ridge. All of these roads are closed and most are overgrown. Reliance on the Forest Service’s 2016 topo map is a mistake. USGS Jackson Peak

Access

Primary access is from Crooked River/Wilson Creek Road/FSR-384 [(B)(2) on Page 153]. (Note: in the book, this road is identified as Wilson Creek Road.) Follow ID-21 northeast from Mores Creek Summit for 4.5 miles. Turn right onto FSR-384. Follow FSR-384 as it meanders generally southeast for 6.2 miles. Turn left just before the bridge across the Crooked River and the Wilson Creek Campground. (Note: the main road that continues south is Wilson Creek Road.) Continue for 5.1 miles to a junction with FSR-384K which is gated shit. Park here. This route is suitable for carefully-driven passenger cars with good clearance when dry.

Northeast Ridge, Class 2

From the closed gate, follow a good road north until it starts to drop down to the Crooked River. Look to your left for a faint trail which leaves the road and climbs northwest. Follow this path steeply uphill to the point where it hits an old logging road. Turn left and follow this brushy road a short distance south to where it switchbacks. Follow the road north until you reach the saddle at the base of the peak’s northeast ridge. A fair game trail can be followed up the ridge to the summit.