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R.E. Johnson
1967
Journal
123
August 10 Fishtrap Creek, Sanders Co., Montana to Pack River, Boundary Co., Idaho
is the highest peak in this area (souther Cabinets) and it
looks like it could have some alpine fauna even though
its west slopes are heavily timbered, as noted yesterday.
There is a north facing cirque with abundant cliffs &
snow. It remains possible that other such cirques
exist along the east face of the ridge running north
from Mt. Headley (map suggests steep cirques above small
lakes), but these were not seen.
Returned (driving)
down Fishtrap Creek, then south
on Thompson River Rd, then up West Fork of
Thompson River, and continued to end of logging
roads on Four Lakes Creek. Several roads were left
unexplored however. These lakes (Cabin, Pocupine, Grass,
Frog, & Knowles) lie in a basin on the ne slope of
Cube Iron Mtn (-7198). There is a trail to Cabin
Lake (2miles)
and another past the remaining four lakes
leading to Squaw Pass (east of Cube Iron Mtn). The
country appears to be mainly heavily timbered
& with little abrupt topographic relief, but the
possibility of low cliffs along the ridge does exist.
(see Thompson Falls Quad, 1937).
Maps covering southern Cabinet Mtns:
Thompson Falls Quad, 1937 30 min. } topo.
Wallace, Idaho. 1956 1:250,000
Thompson Falls Ranger District, Lolo Nat. Forest 1966
Drove back to Thompson River Rd. & Then to US/0A
& west to Sandpoint, Idaho, and north on US 2 to