Green Mountain

Green Mountain and its tall, nearly abandoned lookout.

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 73 of the book. Green Mountain is a broad summit with an imposing wooden fire lookout tower on its summit. You can drive to the summit with a high-clearance vehicle. Leave the Magruder Corridor Road 19.9 miles from its western terminus and turn onto the Elk Mountain Road/FS-285. This road … Continue reading

Peak 7390

The summit of Peak 7390 is not remarkable. However, if you walk to the southern slopes there is a good view across the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.

This peak is not in the book. Peak 7390 serves as a gateway to the northwestern corner of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. FST-501 leaves the Magruder Corridor Road/FS-468 at the 14-Mile Tree trailhead, which is 14.4 miles east of the west end of FS-468. The trail leads over the summit in 0.9 miles with 400 feet … Continue reading

Crittenden Peak

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 84 of the book. Crittenden Peak sits on the Idaho/Montana border on a section of the ridge crest south of Dominion Peak. The peak has a steep Northeast Face dropping into Montana but its Idaho side is nondescript at best. Its tree-covered summit is easily accessed from the State Line … Continue reading

Dominion Peak

Climbing and access information for this peak is on Page 84 of the book. Dominion Peak is a former fire lookout site that sits on the Idaho/Montana border on a section of the Bitterroot Mountains Crest accessed by the State Line Road. Access to the peak via the road is easy. In fact, a short 4WD road leads to the … Continue reading

Peak 7515 by Mike Hays

This peak is not in the book. Peak 7515 is located a little NNW of Big Fog Mountain between the upper Canteen Basin and Three Links Creek in the Selway Crags, or simply, the Crags. These highly sculpted jumbles and precipices of Idaho Batholith granite occupy the divide between the Lochsa and Selway Canyons in the Clearwater Basin of North … Continue reading