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1962 Map of Hoodoo Meadows

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Hoodoo Meadows
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Bighorn Crags dominates the northwest corner of this Lemhi County landscape, a complex alpine terrain of high-altitude lakes and dramatic peaks within the Yellowjacket National Forest. Mapping conducted in the early 1960s documents a wilderness area defined by its hydrology, where numerous small bodies of water like Skyhigh Lake, Reflection Lake, and Golden Trout Lake sit tucked among the ridges of the Salmon River Mountains. The presence of Snowshoes Cabin and the remote Airstrip at Hoodoo Meadows indicates the limited but essential infrastructure required for forest management and backcountry access during this era.

Local resource extraction is marked by the Park Mine in the south, while recreation is represented by the Crags Campground and Yellowjacket Campground. The map traces the winding paths of Hoodoo Creek and the West Fork Yellowjacket Creek, alongside the Slaughterhouse Trail, illustrating the traditional movement patterns through these high meadows and steep drainage basins before modern development altered the character of the Idaho backcountry.