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Scotchman Peak, Idaho

Prominence: 4651 ft, 1418 m

Elevation: 7011 feet, 2137 meters

True Isolation: 15.05 mi, 24.23 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 7015 ft / 2138 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	48° 11' 21'' N, 116° 4' 51'' W 48.189116, -116.080704 (Dec Deg) 568324 E 5337729 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Idaho
County/Second Level Region	Bonner (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Scotchman Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Scotchman Peak (ID) at SummitPost.org Scotchman Peak at ListsOfJohn.com Scotchman Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Bonner, ID by Ken Jones CoHP.org Trip Report for Bonner, ID by Bob Packard CoHP.org Trip Report for Bonner, ID by Adam Helman Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Scotchman Peak: USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #76) Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #86) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #76) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #55) USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #76) Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #274) Western USA CoHPs (Rank #300) Idaho County High Points (Rank #31) Idaho County Prominence Peaks (Rank #5) Idaho Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #5) Idaho Range Highpoints (Rank #64)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 114 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 105) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1994-07-24 by Greg Slayden 2007-08-07 by Bob Bolton 2007-09-15 by Ryder Irvine 2009-06-22 by Dennis Poulin 2009-07-26 by Andrew Holman 2011-08-06 by Caleb Morris 2012-08-12 by Erick Reeve 2015-08-10 by Dustin Erickson 2016-05-20 by John Bardsley (GPS Track) 2016-07-11 by Richard Carey 2016-08-17 by Marion Bauman 2019-06-28 by Connor McEntee (GPS Track) 2019-07-29 by Ken Akerman (GPS Track) 2019-08-02 by Jeremy Fuerst 2019-08-19 by H-Steven Song 2019-08-19 by Adam Walker 2019-09-20 by Jim Doyle 2020-07-24 by Monica Schmidt (GPS Track) 2020-08-06 by ALICE SCHENK
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Scotchman Peak Elevation Ladder from Scotchman Peak Prominence Ladder from Scotchman Peak
This prominent summit is one of the dominant summits of northern Idaho. It is the highest point in the western part of the Cabinet Mountains, which rise higher over the border in Montana. Note that the highest point is not at the benchmark, but a couple hundred feet to the east. This crag is about two feet higher than the 7009-foot benchmark. A steep but popular and well-maintained trail gains the summit area of Scotchman Peak.

The summit crags of Scotchman Peak, one of the highest summits in Northern Idaho (1994-07-24).
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 4651 ft/1418 m Optimistic Prominence: 4691 ft/1430 m Key Col: 2360 ft/719 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 15.05 mi/24.23 km Isolation Limit Point: 48.1958, -115.755 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Ibex Peak (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Central Montana Rocky Mountains Range4: Northwest Montana Ranges Range5: Cabinet Mountains Range6: Scotchman Peaks (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Pend Oreille Columbia Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Topo Map	Scotchman Peak O48116b1 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Scotchman Peak Trail Trailhead: Scotchman Peak Trailhead (Dirt Road) 3300 ft/1006 m Vertical Gain: 3711 ft/1131 m Distance (one way): 4.75 mi/7.64 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Mountain goat atop Scotchman Peak (2019-07-29). Photo by Ken Akerman.
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Ken Akerman on the summit of Scotchman Peak (N 48° 11.348 W 116° 04.841), highest point of Bonner County, Idaho, July 29, 2019. There is a mountain goat on the subpeak to the west (2019-07-29). Photo by Ken Akerman.
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The three summit crags on a cloudy day. (2019-09-20). Photo by Jim Doyle.
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