VALLEY COUNTY
BLACK BUTTE
Payette National Forest
21N-13E-3
21N-13E-3
c.1934: camp (Kresek)
DESIGNATION - BLACK BUTTE
PID - QZ0605
STATE/COUNTY- ID/VALLEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PAPOOSE PEAK (1962)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (EBL)
IN THE IDAHO NATIONAL FOREST ON THE SOUTHERN PEAK OF A LONG
RIDGE RUNNING APPROXIMATELY NORTH AND SOUTH, ON THE PEAK WITH
THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT (WHICH IS NOT A HOUSE BUT A
MAP BOARD). IT IS NOT THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE VICINITY, THE
HIGHEST BEING PAPOOSE PEAK ABOUT 1-1/2 MILES NORTH. THE PEAK
IS A PILE OF BOULDERS, AND THE STATION IS LOCATED AT ITS
HIGHEST POINT AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BOULDER PILE AND
ABOUT MID-WAY ALONG THE RIDGE THAT FORMS THE HIGHEST POINT IN
A NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTION.
TO REACH FROM COTTONWOOD BUTTE, GO BY TRAIL ABOUT 6 HOURS,
OR FROM COLD MEADOWS RANGER STATION ABOUT 13 MILES BY TRAIL.