Idaho County High Points
In my continual life-search for adventure, meaning, and excitement, I decided to climb the highest point in every county in Idaho, whether it be hill or mountain summit. This is a log of those I’ve completed.
If you click on the name of the peak it will take you to a technical description of each summit at Peakbagger.com. If you click on the “Date Climbed” it will take you to my trip report for each point.
County High Point Elevation Range Name Prominence Date Climbed 1. Custer Borah Peak 12,666 Lost River-Lemhi Ranges 5986 2. Butte Diamond Peak 12,197 Lost River-Lemhi Ranges 5377 3. Blaine Hyndman Peak 12,009 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 4809 4. Lemhi Bell Mountain 11,612 Lost River-Lemhi Ranges 1732 5. Clark Webber Peak – East Peak 11,200 Bitterroot Range 0 6. Boise Mount Cramer 10,716 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 1716 7. Elmore Snowyside Peak 10,651 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 1546 8. Fremont North Targhee Peak 10,400 Teton Range-Yellowstone Area 640 9. Cassia Cache Peak 10,339 North Great Basin Ranges 4459 10. Camas Camas County High Point 10,337 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 217 11. Bonneville Mount Baird 10,025 Teton Range-Yellowstone Area 1705 12. Bear Lake Meade Peak 9960 Southeast Idaho Ranges 2480 12. Caribou Meade Peak 9960 Southeast Idaho Ranges 2480 14. Valley Big Baldy 9705 Salmon River Mountains 3185 15. Franklin Franklin County High Point 9489 Wasatch Range 1200 16. Idaho Bare Peak Northwest 9436 Bitterroot Range 14 17. Oneida Oxford Peak 9289 Southeast Idaho Ranges 4009 18. Bannock Bonneville Peak 9271 Southeast Idaho Ranges 3391 1/18/2025 19. Teton Piney Peak 9037 Teton Range-Yellowstone Area 2237 10/26/2024 20. Adams Monument Peak 8940 Western Idaho Ranges 1380 Adams or Monument Peak South 8933 Western Idaho Ranges 373 21. Power Deep Creek Peak 8748 Southeast Idaho Ranges 3228 9/26/2024 22. Owyhee Hayden Peak 8403 North Great Basin Ranges 3123 23. Madison Red Butte 8108 Teton Range-Yellowstone Area 508 7/13/2024 24. Gem Gem County High Point 7971 Western Idaho Ranges 291 25. Clearwater Rhodes Peak 7930 Bitterroot Range 2690 26. Washington Cuddy Mountain 7867 Western Idaho Ranges 3187 27. Twin Falls Twin Falls County High Point 7840 North Great Basin Ranges 120 28. Boundary South Selkirk Crest 7709 Selkirk Mountains 3414 29. Shoshone Illinois Peak 7690 Bitterroot Range 1690 30. Bingham Blackfoot Benchmark 7550 Southeast Idaho Ranges 910 9/14/2024 31. Bonner Scotchman Peak 7011 Northwest Montana Ranges 4651 32. Jefferson Kelly Mountain – Northwest Summit 6664 Teton Range-Yellowstone Area 24 9/28/2024 33. Kootenai Latour Peak 6408 Bitterroot Range 2008 34. Gooding Mount Davis – Southwest Slope 6360 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 0 35. Benewah Latour Peak – South Ridge Summit 6160 Bitterroot Range 0 36. Ada Boise Ridge – South Summit 6000 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 80 37. Lincoln Lincoln County High Point 5950 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 430 38. Nez Perce Craig Mountain 5352 Western Idaho Ranges 1032 39. Latah Bald Mountain 5320 North Columbia Plateau 2080 40. Minidoka Bear Den Butte 5104 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 244 41. Lewis Lewis County High Point 4795 Western Idaho Ranges 175 42. Payette Payette County High Point 4763 Western Idaho Ranges 43 43. Jerome Jerome County High Point 4750 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 0 44. Canyon Pickles Butte 3084 Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area 419