Gas Benchmark by Livingston Douglas

This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Gas Benchmark is a ranked summit located in the Sheep Creek Hills south of Montpelier, Idaho. This area is mostly private land but there are access roads through it to reach BLM land (to the east and south) and National Forest land (to the north). If you stay on the … Continue reading

Peak 6684 (Grace Hill) by Livingston Douglas

This peak is not in the book. Published November 2019 Peak 6684 is a brushy hill with an elongated north-to-south summit crest. The peak towers over the small hamlet of Grace, Idaho. Peak 6684 is the northernmost ranked summit in the Bear River Range. It is positioned below, and to the west of, the primary north-to-south ridge crest of the … Continue reading

Peak 6130 (Middleman Peak) by Livingston Douglas

Peak 6130 viewed from the east.

This peak is not in the book. Livingston Douglas climbed this peak as part of a multi-peak ridge traverse known as the Monument Gulch Triple Play. This traverse includes Peak 6188/Boyer Gulch Peak, Peak 6130/Middleman Peak, and Peak 6291/Monument Gulch Peak. His route, as described on the Monument Gulch Triple Play page, starts at the Monument Gulch Road. All three peaks … Continue reading

Peak 6188 (Boyer Gulch Peak) by Livingston Douglas

Boyer Gulch Peak viewed from Middleman Peak.

This peak is not in the book. This peak is part of a multi-peak ridge traverse known as the Monument Gulch Triple Play. This traverse includes Peak 6188/Boyer Gulch Peak, Peak 6130/Middleman Peak, and Peak 6291/Monument Gulch Peak. I added a GPS track and photo. A 2-track road not shown on the USGS quadrangle leads nearly to the summit. Updated September 2020 … Continue reading

Tollgate Hill by Livingston Douglas

This peak is not in the book. [Editor’s note: After stumbling around the summit area it was clear that the LOJ marker was not on the true summit. I moved the marker on the map I added to Livingston Douglas’ narrative to the location of the true summit. I also added the Northeast Ridge route and a photo.] Updated December … Continue reading