Trails of the Wild Cabinets
Dennis Nicholls with Jim Mellen
Nonfiction. 176 pages, 6"x9" with 86 maps and photos, appendixes.
$15.50 Item BKB218

Contents

Introduction 9
About this Guide 11
Features Chart 14
Discovering the Cabinet Mountains 17

Section I. Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

   The Lay of the Land 27

   Trails:

   The North End: William Grambauer Mountain to Flower Creek 29
      William Grambauer Mountain Trail No. 319 31
      Scenery Mountain Trail No. 649 32
      Cedar Lakes Trail No. 141 33
      Taylor Peak Trail No. 320 34
      Dome Mountain Trail No. 360 35
      Minor Lake Trail No. 317 36
      Parmenter Creek Trail No. 140 38
      Flower Creek/Sky Lakes Trail No. 137 39
      Hanging Valley Trail No. 135 40

   The Central CMW: Granite Creek to Rock Lake 41
      Crowell Creek Trail No. 326 43
      North Fork Bull River Trail No. 972 44
      Middle Fork Bull River Trail No. 978 45
      Little Ibex Lake Trail No. 980 45
      Granite Lake Trail No. 136 48
      Leigh Lake Trail No. 132 49
      Dad Peak Trail No. 987 52
      Devil’s Club Trail No. 966 53
      St. Paul Lake Trail No. 646 54
      Moran Basin Trail No. 993 55
      Rock Lake Trail No. 935 56
      Cliff Lake/Chicago Peak (no designated trail number) 57
      Berray Mountain West Trail No. 967 58
      Berray Mountain Trail No. 1028 58
   The South End: Engle Lake to Baree Lake 61
     Engle Lake Trail No. 932 63
     Engle Peak Trail No. 926 63
     Wanless Lake Trail No. 924 65
     Swamp Creek Trail No. 912 66
     Bramlet Lake Trail No. 658 68
     Geiger Lakes Trail No. 656 69
     Cabinet Divide Trail No. 360 70
     Iron Meadow Trail No. 113 71
     Bear Lakes Trail No. 531 72
     Baree Lake Trail No. 489 73
     Divide Cutoff Trail No. 63 74
    Essay: Isabella 75

Section II. West Cabinets

   The Lay of the Land 77
   Trails:
   Katka-Boulder 79
     Katka Peak Trail No. 182 81
     McGinty Ridge Trail No. 143 82
     Iron Mountain Trail No. 180 83
     Buck Mountain Trail No. 176 84
     East Fork Boulder Creek Trail No. 136 85
     Timber Mountain Trail No. 51 86
     Kelly Pass Trail No. 155 87
     Orville Heath Trail No. 54 88
     North Callahan Trail No. 548 89
   Pend Oreille Divide 90
     Pend Oreille Divide Trail No. 67 92
     Lake Darling Trail No. 52 93
     Gem Lake Trail No. 554 94
     Moose Lake Trail No. 237/Moose Mountain Trail No. 213 95
     Blacktail Lake Trail No. 24 96
     Lake Estelle Trail No. 36 97
     Bee Top-Round Top Trail No. 120 99
     Bee Top Trail No. 63 100
     Strong Creek Trail No. 444 101

   Scotchman Peaks 102

     Little Spar Lake Trail No. 143 104
     Ross Creek Nature Trail No. 405 105
     Pillick Ridge Trail No. 1036 107
     Star Gulch Trail No. 1016 108
     Napoleon Gulch Trail No. 1035 108
     Big Eddy Trail No. 998 110
     Blacktail Creek Trail No. 997 111
     Hamilton Gulch Trail No. 1019 112
     Scotchman Peak Trail No. 65 114
     Goat Mountain Trail No. 135 115
     Morris Creek Trail No. 132 116
     East Fork Peak Trail No. 563 117
   Essay: Origins 119

Section III. Southern Cabinets
   The Lay of the Land 121
   Trails:

   Vermilion-Fisher River 123
     20 Odd Peak Trail No. 898 125
     Canyon Peak Trail No. 903 126
     Allen Peak Trail No. 293 128
     Moose Peak Trail No. 877 129
     Elk Lake Trail No. 882 130
     Elk Mountain Trail No. 861 131
     Cataract Creek Trail No. 847 133
     Water Hill Trail No. 845 134
     Vermilion-Seven Point Trail No. 528 136
     Vermilion Falls Trail (no designated trail number) 137
     Cabinet Divide Trail No. 360 139
   Cabinet Lakes-Thompson River 140
     Winniemuck Creek Trail No. 506 142
     Vermilion-Headley Trail No. 528 143
     Thompson-Headley Trail No. 450 144
     Cabin Lake Trail No. 459 145
     South Four Lakes Creek Trail No. 460 145
     Big Spruce Creek Trail No. 1102 147
     Honeymoon Creek Trail No. 469 148
     Sundance Ridge Trail 433 149
     Munson Creek Trail No. 372 151
     Baldy National Recreation Trail No. 340 153
   Essay: Glacious 154

Appendix 1: Trails Suitable for Mountain Bikes 156
Appendix 2: Who to Contact 161
Appendix 3: Index by Trail Name 162
Appendix 4: Index by Trail Number 164
Appendix 5: Gearhead 166
Appendix 6: Leave No Trace and Outdoors Ethics 169
Essay: Before Columbus 171