Mount Cramer, at is the second highest peak in the
Sawtooth Range of
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
. The summit of Mount Cramer is located on the border of
Custer and
Boise
Boise ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and nor ...
Counties. The peak is the highest point in Boise County. Mount Cramer is also located within the
Sawtooth Wilderness portion of the
Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The town of
Stanley, Idaho is almost from Mount Cramer, while the area known as Sawtooth City is nearly from Mount Cramer. The west side of Mount Cramer drains into the South Fork of the
Payette River
The Payette River () is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 3, 2011 river in southwestern Idaho and a major tributary of the Snake River.
Its headwaters originate in ...
, while the east side drains to the
Salmon River.
[Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” ap1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.]
Mount Cramer can be climbed in one day via the
Hell Roaring Lake Trailhead, which is located down unmaintained
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest is a United States National Forest, 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 United States Depart ...
road 398, west of Idaho Route 75. The last section of the hike and class 3 scramble is off-trail.
See also
*
List of peaks of the Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
This is a list of 147 of the peaks and climbing destinations in Idaho's Sawtooth Range (Idaho), Sawtooth Range.
See also
* List of mountains of Idaho
* List of mountain peaks of Idaho
* List of mountain ranges in Idaho
Notes
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*
List of mountains of Idaho
*
List of mountain peaks of Idaho
*
List of mountain ranges in Idaho
References
External links
Peak Bagger—Thompson PeakSawtooth National Forest—Official Site
Mountains of Boise County, Idaho
Mountains of Custer County, Idaho
Mountains of Idaho
Sawtooth Wilderness
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