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 ari ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Idaho
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, spanning northern
Camas and eastern
Elmore counties. The highest point in the range is
Smoky Dome
Smoky Dome, at above sea level is the highest peak in the Soldier Mountains of Idaho. Smoky Dome is located northwest of Fairfield in Camas County and Sawtooth National Forest.
Smoky Dome rises about over the Camas Prairie and is the 21st mo ...
at , and the range is bounded on the west and north by the
South Fork Boise River.
[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
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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
References
External links
*
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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