Cabinet Mountains
The cabinet mountains stretch from bonners ferry in idaho almost all the way to missoula in montana.
Cabinet mountains. More than 30 trails lead into the wilderness area. Camera elevation is very close to summit elevation. Wilderness areas do not allow motorized or mechanized.
The cabinet mountain wilderness area. Scotchman peak the summit crags of scotchman peak one of the highest summits in northern idaho 1994 07 24. Lake pend oreille and the kootenai river separate the cabinets from the selkirks to the west and in the south the dividing line is the clark fork river.
Snowshoe peak is the dominant summit of montana s remote cabinet mountains 2007 08 13. Wilderness areas do not allow motorized or mechanized. Note that glad peak is higher.
The cabinet mountains wilderness offers 94 272 acres of rugged mountainous terrain in the kootenai national forest. To the north they are bordered by the purcell mountains. The range s foundation is precambrian belt supergroup rocks which were carved and shaped by pleistocene glaciation.
Primitive camping is allowed with no public. It is located in northwestern montana approximately 15 miles southwest of libby montana. The cabinet mountains are discussed on pages 51 55 of the book.
Many peaks are high dome shaped mountains while a few like scotchman peak are sharp sheer edged summits reminiscent of the. The cabinet mountains share many similarities with the purcell and selkirk mountains. State of montana protecting the wildest portions of the cabinet mountains and an integral part of kootenai national forest and kaniksu national forest the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection since 1935 as a primitive area.
The cabinet mountains are part of the rocky mountains located in northwest montana and the idaho panhandle in the united states the mountains cover an area of 2 134 square miles 5 527 km. The cabinet mountains lie south of the purcell mountains between the kootenai river and clark fork river and idaho s lake pend oreille the cabinet mountains lie to the east of the purcell trench. The cabinet mountains wilderness created by an act of congress in 1964 is located in the u s.
Protecting the wildest portions of the cabinet mountains and an integral part of kootenai national forest and kaniksu national forest the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection since 1935 as a primitive area. The cabinet mountains wilderness created by an act of congress in 1964 is located in the u s.
