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Boulder-White Clouds Council |
The wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please. They
have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the
generations which will come after us and audit our accounts.
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 A two-mile high tundra sweeps for 10 miles from Herd Peak, 9,800’, and eastward to Jerry Peak, 10,010’. Unusual and incredible, this sagebrush steppe offers solitude and 360 degree panoramic vistas. Here one is surrounded by wildness. Westward are the White Cloud Peaks, and Sheep Mountain and Bowery Peak rising above East Pass canyon. The Pioneer Mountains are south, and the Lost River Range to the east. Early summer wildflowers brighten the windswept, barren ridges. Deep drainages of East Pass, Meridian Creek, Middle Canyon, Herd Lake and Twin Bridges provide world class elk habitat. The vast sage landscape hosts antelope and sage grouse. Willowed-canyon bottoms have moose and beaver. Hidden Lake Basin provides water for ducks and geese in a sagebrush sea.
Visit this Place: Maps: Salmon-Challis National Forest, BLM and USGS maps for the area.
Herd Creek Highlands -
Jerry Peak Access: North Fork Big Lost River Canyon Access: Herd
Creek from East Fork Salmon River Road |
in Internet Explorer 6
or in Netscape 7
