100 Journal R.E.Johnson 1968 Aug. 26 Sapphire Mtns Montana Drove from Copper Creek Campground up the dirt road to Frogpond Basin which sits adjacent the creast of the Sapphire Mtns. The object was to determine (1) if the higher pks of the range (see Aug 22) were accessible via this road and (2) if any of them might have rosy finches. There are a number of branches to the road once it enters frogpond basin. I took the leftmost 1st of them gradually worked the roads from left to right. The leftmost road ends up on a ridge which is just to the left side of the main ridge of the Sapphire Mtns. An abandoned mine (apparently the O'Brien Mine) is located on this road. A trail leaves this road & heads uphill to the right. It is marked "Bitterroot Pass & Hole-in-the-Wall." I followed it to the crest of the 1st ridge & then I veered off to hike to the highest peak on that part of the divide. This point is labeled "Frog" on the Philipsburg Ranger District, USFS Map. and has an elevation over 8400 ft. according to the Dillon 1:250,000 topo map (USGS). The top is a large rock cone which extends down either side of the ridge as very large talus slopes. Small patches of low vegetation occur on the top & in a few locations down the east talus slope. These consist of grames, bear grass, dwarf huckleberry, & creeping juniper. Trees (White-bark Pine, Subalpine Fir) cover the ridge leading up to the top from the north. Many corys were heard in the rock slides. Clark Nutcracker & a Townsend Solitaire were seen along the upper forest margin. There is no habitat