The Soldier Mountains are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...
, spanning northern
Camas and eastern
Elmore counties. The highest point in the range is
Smoky Dome at , and the range is bounded on the west and north by the
South Fork Boise River
The Boise River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed May 3, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the Northwestern United States. It drains a rugged portion of the Sawtooth Range in sou ...
.
[Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" ap1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.] The mountains are located within
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest is a National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it was originall ...
north of
Fairfield, Idaho. The
Soldier Mountain Ski Area is located within the range to the east of Smoky Dome.
Iron Mountain near the western end of the Soldier Mountains has an old Forest Service fire lookout on its summit. Several road and trails are located in the mountains, which provide for a variety of activities including hiking, off-road vehicle riding, fishing, and hunting. Most of the peaks can be accessed relatively easily via
class one or two routes.
Peaks
Lakes
Image:Smoky Dome.JPG, Soldier Mountains
Image:Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh.JPG, Solder Mountains from Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh
Image:Soldier Mountains Camas County.JPG, Soldier Mountains
Image:Soldier Mountains late spring.JPG, Soldier Mountains
Image:Sawtoooth NF 4.JPG, View northwest from Soldier Mountains
See also
*
List of mountain ranges in Idaho
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey, Geograph ...
References
External links
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U.S. Forest Service: official Sawtooth National Forest website
Ranges of the Rocky Mountains
Mountain ranges of Idaho
Landforms of Camas County, Idaho
Landforms of Elmore County, Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
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