Cache Peak, at above sea level, is the highest peak in the

Albion Mountains The Albion Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho (~99%) and Utah (~1%), spanning Cassia County, Idaho and barely reaching into Box Elder County, Utah. The highest point in the range is Cache Peak at , and the range is a par ...

of Cassia County in Southern

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 ...

. Cache Peak is located in the central part of the range southeast of

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and north of Almo in the Albion Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of

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 ...

. Cache Peak is in the watershed of tributaries of the

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, which itself is a tributary of the Columbia River. The peak is a part of the

Great Basin Divide The Great Basin Divide in the western United States is the ridgeline that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed, which completely surrounds it. The Great Basin is the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of N ...

and the

Basin and Range Province The Basin and Range Province is a vast physiographic region covering much of the inland Western United States and northwestern Mexico. It is defined by unique basin and range topography, characterized by abrupt changes in elevation, alternatin ...

. It is the highest peak in Idaho south of the

Snake River Plain The canyons">Snake River cutting through the plain leaves many canyons and Canyon#List of gorges">gorges, such as this one near Twin Falls, Idaho The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily within the U.S. state of Idaho ...

, the highest in Cassia County, and north of

City of Rocks National Reserve The City of Rocks National Reserve, also known as the Silent City of Rocks, is a United States National Reserve and state park in south-central Idaho, approximately north of the border with Utah. It is widely known for its enormous granite ro ...

. The Independence Lakes are located in the basin north of the peak, and Mount Independence is about northwest of the peak. The peak can be reached via a non-technical hike, and there are several alpine lakes on the east side of the peak. Cache Peak supports one of the three populations of '' Cymopterus davisii'', a plant that is endemic to the Albion Mountains. The Cache Peak population is considered a single population with Mount Independence. __TOC__

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Sawtooth National Forest - Official Site
Mountains of Cassia County, Idaho Mountains of Idaho Sawtooth National Forest {{CassiaCountyID-geo-stub

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