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1966 Map of Snowshoe Peak

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Snowshoe Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Snowshoe Peak dominates this high-altitude landscape in the mid-1960s, serving as the literal high point of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. The area's glacial history is visible through features like Blackwell Glacier and numerous alpine cirques holding Leigh Lake, Granite Lake, and Snowshoe Lakes. These water bodies feed into complex drainage systems including the North Fork Bull River and Leigh Creek.

Resource extraction history is marked by the presence of the St Paul Mine and Snowshoe Mine on the eastern slopes, connected to the valley floor by an intricate network of primitive paths like the Pack Trail. The topography here is exceptionally steep, spanning from the Goat Rocks to the high ridges of Vimy Ridge and Flavel Ridge. This document captures the wilderness boundary between Kaniksu National Forest and Kootenai National Forest before more modern developments altered the remote access points.