1997 Map of Cripple Horse Mountain

About this map

Kootenai National Forest lands dominate this Lincoln County landscape, defined by high-elevation summits and the deep drainage basins of the Cabinet Mountains region. Steep ridges like Hornet Ridge and peaks including Cripple Horse Mountain and Boundary Mountain rise above a complex network of waterways. The drainage pattern is led by Cripple Horse Creek and its South Fork Cripple Horse Creek, alongside Canyon Creek and its North Fork Canyon Creek. Mapping by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Forest Service reveals a terrain largely devoid of permanent settlements, focused instead on timber and natural resource management, exemplified by a single industrial Gravel Pit in the northwest. This 1990s revision provides a precise record of the road and trail networks used for forest access and fire management in the late twentieth century.