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1987 Map of Big Windy Peak

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Big Windy Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Big Windy Peak towers over the high-elevation divide where Custer Co and Lemhi Co meet, anchoring a landscape shaped by rugged canyons and mountain resource extraction. The eastern slopes of the Lemhi Range are deeply incised by drainages such as Sawmill Canyon and Quartzite Canyon, which funnel toward the Little Lost River valley and its expansive Mud Flats. This 1987 survey records a distinct pattern of land use within the Challis National Forest, where the Fairview Guard Station and Corral indicate the infrastructure of forest management and grazing.

Prospectors and miners left a visible imprint across the ridges, particularly near the summit of Big Windy Peak, where numerous prospects, adits, and a Mine shaft are clustered. These features, along with the unnamed trails and high-country water sources like Horse Lake and Warm Spring Creek, provide a detailed record of the prospecting activity that once defined these remote Idaho heights before modern conservation practices took hold.