This peak is not in the book. Peak 7024 is the highest point in the Soda Springs Hills section of the Blackfoot Mountains. I have not climbed this peak. USGS Alexander … Continue reading
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The Soda Springs Hills are a small range located immediately northwest of Soda Springs. It includes both the Long Ridge and the Ninety Percent Range. This compact range is less than 7 miles long from north to south and less than 10 miles wide from east to west. It is separated from the Chesterfield Range in the north by Tenmile … Continue reading
The Pruess Range is a subrange of the Peale Mountains and includes its main escarpment as well as Dry Ridge, the Gannett Hills, Freeman Ridge and the Sheep Creek Hills. The range forms the southern end of the Peale Mountains and is roughly 25 miles from north to south and 12 miles from east to west. The Preuss Range is … Continue reading
The Blackfoot Mountains and two subranges, the Chesterfield Range and the Ninety Percent Range, form a group of barren ridges that trend from northwest to southeast for more than 50 miles between Idaho Falls and Soda Springs. The range’s western slopes climb roughly 2,400 feet above the Snake River, but the eastern slopes rise only 600 feet above the Willow … Continue reading
The Bitterroot Mountains are covered in the book on Pages 82-94. Please check those pages for additional information. The Bitterroot Mountains are a group of mountains primarily created by mapmakers and not by fault-blocking or granitic intrusions. The mapmakers’ creation combines parts of the Coeur d’Alene and Clearwater Mountains to form a long narrow grouping stretching south from Lake Pend … Continue reading
The Lost River Range is covered in the book on Pages 265-295. All of the Lost River Range peaks covered by this website can be found at this link: Lost River Range Updates. The Lost River Range stretches 70 miles from northwest to southeast between Challis, ID and Arco, ID. The Big Lost River Valley and Salmon River flank the … Continue reading