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| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Montana, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 48.07900°N / 115.675°W Activities: Hiking, Mountaineering, Scrambling Season: Summer Elevation: 7714 ft / 2351 m | Page By: Alpendave Created/Edited: Jun 13, 2007 / Sep 26, 2007 Object ID: 301222 Hits: 798 Loading... Page Score: 88.85% - 12 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Overview  Saint Paul Peak from Rock Peak.
References:
"Trails of the Wild Cabinets" (TWC) -- by Dennis Nicholls
"100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest" (100HIN) -- by Rich Landers
Saint Paul Peak is an easy scramble/walk up peak located in the southern portion of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. The peak is an excellent view peak, especially for viewing other peaks in the south end of the range.  From St. Paul Peak's summit looking into the southern Cabinet Mountains Wilderness  Looking north from St. Paul Peak into the heart of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
Characteristic of most peaks in the area, it is composed of up-thrusted sedimentary strata. The tilt of the strata makes for rather gentle southern and western aspects with the eastern and northern ones droping off quite abruptly. On these north and east faces the rock can be quite loose and the exposure quite voidish.
For a person with days to roam, St. Paul can be done with Rock Peak -- which is connected to St. Paul Peak by Rock Peak's West Ridge -- and the easily accessible Chicago Peak.
Saint Paul peak derived its name from the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad (100HIN pg. 253).Getting There  Chicago Peak. The trailhead is a short distance over the tree-topped cliff near the left edge of the photo.
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Rock Creek Road is located about 1 1/2hrs east of Sandpoint, ID and about 40min west of Thompson Falls, MT along Highway 200. About 2 miles east of Noxon, MT, turn north on to Rock Creek Road just east of the railroad (you can trace the route using the top map. Follow 150 until it matches the bottom map--that is the turn-off to Rd. 2741). In about 1/5 miles, veer right on Road 150 (If you go left you'll take a detour that will add about 10 miles to your trip). After 4 miles pass Orr Creek Road on the right and after 5 miles veer left at a Y, and in another 2.5 miles turn right on to road 2741. Road 2741 starts off nice enough (trace it to its end on the bottom Google Map), but it continually deteriorates until it reaches the Chicago Peak Trailhead 6 miles from Rock Creek Road [150] (100HIN pg. 252). On the bottom map, you'll notice that after the first hairpin turn, the road splits again. Take the first left (makes a 2nd hairpin) to stay on the right road. After a while, it looks like the road goes through rock slide areas. That is indeed the case. The center of THIS MAP is the parking area.Red TapeNot that I know of. The trailhead sign didn't have anything on it that would effect the hiker/backpacker/climber.
Things change, though. If you do have any questions, contact:
Kootenai National Forest
1101 Highway 2 West
Libby, MT 59923
Phone:
(406) 293-6211
E-mail:
aobst@fs.fed.usCamping  Looking down at Cliff Lake from the upper slopes.
If you make it to the trailhead, you don't really need to camp to do St. Paul Peak. However, there are some sites around Cliff Lake that have rewarding views for those who can't tear themselves away from this area after the relatively short trip to the summit. If you do camp, try to camp away from the shore of the lake to help preserve the fragile area.
 Looking up at St. Paul Peak from Cliff Lake. The route ascends the grassy ridge on the right skyline Current Conditions in the Area
 External LinksSpotly's climb of Rock Peak with a couple shots of Saint Paul Peak and many more of the surrounding area.
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