Easley Peak is an mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
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located on the common border that
Blaine County shares with
Custer County, in
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 Wyom ...
, United States.
Description
Easley Peak ranks as the 100th-highest peak in Idaho and is situated on the crest of the
Boulder Mountains which are a subset of the
Rocky Mountains
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.
The mountain is set 18 miles northwest of
Ketchum, Idaho, in the
Hemingway–Boulders Wilderness
The Hemingway–Boulders Wilderness is a protected area in the western United States, located in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in central Idaho. Part of the Sawtooth National Forest in Blaine and Custer counties, the wilderness covers par ...
on land managed by
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 ...
.
The peak can be seen from
Highway 75 and
Galena Summit. Precipitation
runoff
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from the mountain's slopes drains south to the
Big Wood River and north into headwaters of the South Fork of
East Fork Salmon River.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Big Wood River in three miles. Neighbors include
line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of ...
Cerro Ciento
Cerro Ciento, at above sea level is the tenth highest peak in the Boulder Mountains of Idaho. Located in the Hemingway–Boulders Wilderness of Sawtooth National Recreation Area on the border of Blaine and Custer counties, Cerro Ciento is abou ...
one mile to the north and
Boulder Peak four miles to the east-southeast. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the
United States Board on Geographic Names
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.
John V. Easley was a pioneer who moved to this area around 1880 and opened a
stage station at nearby Easley Hot Springs.
The History of Easley Hot Springs, Easleyhotsprings.com
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
, Easley Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Idaho
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
*
References
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External links
* Easley Peak
''Idaho: A Climbing Guide''
* Easley Peak
weather forecast
Mountains of Idaho
Mountains of Blaine County, Idaho
Mountains of Custer County, Idaho
North American 3000 m summits
Sawtooth National Forest