1996 Map of Mount Casey

About this map

Mount Casey stands as a central peak in this wilderness landscape, where the Kaniksu National Forest and Priest Lake State Forest converge. The topography is defined by the headwaters of the East Fork Priest Lake and numerous drainages like Hellroaring Creek and Berry Creek. Higher elevations are marked by the Caribou Lookout and the Schweitzer Basin Ski Area to the southeast, indicating the development of recreation alongside the older timber and resource management of the Selkirk Mountains. Small high-mountain lakes including Caribou Lake, Keokee Lake, and Colburn Lake are tucked into the drainages below ridges like Hellroaring Ridge. Traces of earlier human activity appear in labels like Prospect, hinting at the mineral exploration that once drew people into these remote Idaho basins during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.