This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas added a new route describing the traverse from Hutton Peak to Fiddler Benchmark. Updated October 2023 Fiddler Benchmark is located on the northernmost Danskin Mountains ridge that runs from Danskin Peak in the southeast to Hutton Peak in the northwest. This ridge parallels the South Fork Boise River Canyon. The USGS … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas significantly revised and updated this page. Updated October 2023 This Danskin Peak offers a good early-season ascent and has been climbed in Winter. You can follow a ridge over to Fiddler Benchmark and make it a 2-peak day. The central portion of the range is accessed via the Danskin Mountains OHV … Continue reading
This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas updated this page and added some new photos. Updated October 2023 This unnamed Danskin Mountains summit sits midway between Three Point Mountain and Kepros Mountain. The peak is a good destination on days when you don’t have enough time to hike all the way to Kepros Mountain. The route is set out … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this formation is on Page 196 of the book with a photo on Page 197. Despite the fact that it is not a ranked peak, Blue Rock Dome is a popular technical climbing mecca. Ried Dowdle has put up 4 routes on the West Face. I believe that Kirk Bachman and J. Splitgerber may have … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 38 of the book. Myrtle Peak is one of the easier Selkirk Peaks to climb as a trail leads to its summit and the road to the trailhead is better than many Selkirk roads. USGS The Wigwams To reach the trailhead from Bonners Ferry, drive east to the Kootenai National … Continue reading
Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 159 of the book. Updated January 2019 Peak 9709 is located southwest of Peak 9820 and is best approached from the cirque between Peak 9820 and McGown Peak. The unofficial name is derived from the peak’s nearly vertical Northeast Face. Bob Boyles and Carl Sheets completed an ascent of the … Continue reading