ELMORE COUNTY
TRINITY MOUNTAIN
Boise National Forest
3N-9E-18
3N-9E-18
1922: 12x12 stone cabin with metal roof. (Kresek)
January 28, 1945: "The Pine district utilized four women as lookouts--one on Trinity mountain, relieved on Sundays by another, and two on House mountain and Danskin lookouts, who relieve their husbands on Sundays. On Trinity was Miss Patricia Anne Heath, of Prairie." (Idaho Statesman)
December 13, 1955: "A ground party was being organized in Boise and it was on its way with snowshoes to retrieve the men. Military aircraft were to provide a constant air cover until the men are brought out of the rugged and snow covered terrain.
Hanks reported he was in good condition and Stowell said he had cuts about the face and had lost a few teeth, the Air National Guard reported.
The men apparently had spent the night in the Trinity lookout station. Searchers reported seeing a path through the snow from the point of the crash to the lookout." (Idaho State Journal)
1956: An L-4 cab was constructed atop a 10-foot concrete first level.
DESIGNATION - TRINITY
PID - OZ0992
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ELMORE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TRINITY MTN (1976)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JEG)
THE STATION IS LOCATED, AIRLINE, ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH AND 6
MILES EAST OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF PRAIRIE, 6.5 MILES SOUTH
AND 7 MILES WEST OF ROCKY BAR AND 9.0 MILES WEST OF FEATHERVILLE.
ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS TRINITY MOUNTAIN
AND OCCUPIED BY A U.S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT HOUSE.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 68 AND 30 IN
MOUNTAIN HOME. GO NORTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 68 FOR 2.5 MILES TO
A FORK AT THE DIXIE TAVERN ON THE RIGHT, TAKE THE LEFT FORK
4.6 MILES TO THE ANDERSON RANCH DAM. CROSS THE DAM AND GO
NORTHERLY ON THE WEST SHORE ROAD 9.6 MILES TO THE FALL CREEK
LODGE AND A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AT FALL CREEK (AWAY
FROM THE WEST SHORE ROAD) FOR 4.9 MILES TO A LUMBER CAMP,
GO STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH THE CAMP ON THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD
0.8 MILE TO A ROAD FORK AND SIGN--PRAIRIE 14, TRINITY LAKES
15, ETC. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK 0.8 MILE TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE
THE RIGHT FORK 2.4 MILES TO A ROAD FORK AND SIGN--BURNT CR.
CORRALS, ETC. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK 5.7 MILES TO A FORK AND
AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AS PER
SIGN--TRINITY MTN L.O.2 TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND STATION.
PID - OZ0992
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ELMORE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TRINITY MTN (1976)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JEG)
THE STATION IS LOCATED, AIRLINE, ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH AND 6
MILES EAST OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF PRAIRIE, 6.5 MILES SOUTH
AND 7 MILES WEST OF ROCKY BAR AND 9.0 MILES WEST OF FEATHERVILLE.
ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS TRINITY MOUNTAIN
AND OCCUPIED BY A U.S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT HOUSE.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 68 AND 30 IN
MOUNTAIN HOME. GO NORTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 68 FOR 2.5 MILES TO
A FORK AT THE DIXIE TAVERN ON THE RIGHT, TAKE THE LEFT FORK
4.6 MILES TO THE ANDERSON RANCH DAM. CROSS THE DAM AND GO
NORTHERLY ON THE WEST SHORE ROAD 9.6 MILES TO THE FALL CREEK
LODGE AND A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AT FALL CREEK (AWAY
FROM THE WEST SHORE ROAD) FOR 4.9 MILES TO A LUMBER CAMP,
GO STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH THE CAMP ON THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD
0.8 MILE TO A ROAD FORK AND SIGN--PRAIRIE 14, TRINITY LAKES
15, ETC. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK 0.8 MILE TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE
THE RIGHT FORK 2.4 MILES TO A ROAD FORK AND SIGN--BURNT CR.
CORRALS, ETC. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK 5.7 MILES TO A FORK AND
AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AS PER
SIGN--TRINITY MTN L.O.2 TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND STATION.