Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction – Initiation 11
About this Guide 18
Features Chart 22
Discovering the Selkirk Mountains 26
Conservation – Our Fragile Home 40

Section I: Between the Columbia River and Pend Oreille River
   The Lay of the Land 43
   Abercrombie Mountain to Gillette Ridge 45
      Flume Creek Trail No. 502 47
      Abercrombie Mountain Trail No. 117 48
      North Fork Silver Creek Trail No. 119 51
      South Fork Silver Creek Trail No. 123 52
      Sherlock Peak Trail No. 139 54
      Meadow Creek Trail No. 125 and Big Meadow Lake Trail No. 120 57
      Gillette Ridge Trail No. 131 and Mount Rogers Loop Trail No. 130 60
      Crawford State Park and Gardner Cave 62
   Little Pend Oreille Lakes to Newport 64
      Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge 65
      Little Pend Oreille Lakes Trails System 68
      Frater Lake Trail No. 150 and Lake Leo Trail No. 155 69
      Granite Peak Trail No. 145 70
      Springboard Trail No. 149 and Rufus Trail No. 148 72
      Sherry Trail No. 147 74
      Crystal Falls Viewpoint 75
      Batey-Bould Trails System 77
      Tacoma Peak Trail No. 309 78
      Upper Wolf Trail and Lower Wolf Trail Nos. 304 and 305 80
   Spokane Area 82
      Riverside State Park and the Spokane River Centennial Trail 83
      Spokane House and Little Spokane River Natural Area Trail 85
      Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and Fort Spokane 88
      Mount Spokane State Park 91
   Essay – Aladdin 93

Section II: Pend Oreille-Priest Divide
   The Lay of the Land 97
   Salmo-Priest Wilderness and Upper Priest River 99
      Continental Trail No. 28 101
      Upper Priest River Trail No. 308 102
      Little Snowy Lookout Trail No. 14 and Little Snowy Top Trail No. 349 104
      Salmo Basin Trail No. 506 and Salmo Cabin Trail No. 531 107
      Salmo Divide Trail No. 535 109
      Shedroof Divide Trail No. 512 110
      Shedroof Cutoff Trail No. 511 112
      Thunder Creek Trail No. 526 113
      Jackson Creek Trail No. 311 117
      Hughes Fork Trail No. 312, Thunder Mountain Trail No. 313
      and Bench Creek Trail No. 319 118
      Hughes Ridge Lookout Trail No. 314 120
      Upper Hughes Trail No. 315 and Cabinet Pass Trail No. 317 121
      Crowell Ridge Trail No. 515 124
      Slate Creek Trail No. 525 126
      Halliday Trail No. 522 127
      Red Bluff Trail No. 553 128
      North Fork Sullivan Creek Trail No. 507 129
   Essay – Longevity 131
   Sullivan Lake to Blacktail Mountain 133
      Mill Pond Flume Trail No. 520 and Mill Pond Trail No. 550 135
      Elk Creek Trail No. 560 136
      Sullivan Lakeshore National Recreation Trail No. 504 and
      Sullivan Nature Trail No. 509 139
      Noisy Creek Trail No. 588 140
      Hall Mountain Trail No. 540 and
      Hall-Grassy Divide Trail No. 533 144
      Grassy Top National Recreation Trail No. 503 145
      Muskegon Lake Trail 149
      Huff Lake Trail 150
      Huff Lake Interpretive Site 151
      Roosevelt Trail No. 266, Zero Creek Trail No. 256,
      Little Grass Mountain Trail No. 265 and
      Boulder Mountain Trail No. 293 153
      Granite-Roosevelt Trail No. 301 and Cedar Grove Trail No. 301A 155
      Blacktail Mountain Trail No. 292 158
   Kalispell Rock to Pioneer Park 160
      Kalispell Rock Trail No. 370 162
      Kalispell Rock-North Baldy Trail No. 103 163
      Stateline Trail No. 162 165
      Squaw Valley Trail No. 164 166
      Icy Springs Trail No. 197 167
      Hanna Flats National Recreation Trail No. 600 170
      North Fork Lamb Creek Trail No. 204 and Camp 15 Trail No. 232 171
      Binarch Creek Trail No. 220 172
      Browns Lake Trail No. 320 175
      South Skookum Lake Trail No. 138 176
      Bead Lake Trail No. 127 179
      Newport Geophysical Trails 181
      Nok-OSH-Kol Heritage Trail at Pioneer Park 182
   The Priest Lakes and Lower Priest River 183
      Upper Priest Lake Trail No. 302 185
      Centennial Trail No. 58 186
      Navigation Trail No. 291 and Portage Trail 188
      Plowboy Mountain Trail No. 295 189
      Priest Lakeshore National Recreation Trail No. 294 192
      Kalispell-Reeder Bay Trail No. 365 193
      Lakeview Mountain Trail No. 269 196
      Beach Trail No. 48 197
      Kalispell Island Trail No. 49 199
      Woodrat Trail No. 235 and Bulldog Point Trail No. 274 200
      Chipmunk Rapids National Recreation Trail No. 192 201
      Peewee-Steep Creek Trail Nos. 175, 176, 177, 178, 179 204
      Vinther-Nelson Cabin National Historic Site 205

Section III: Selkirk Crest
   The Lay of the Land 207
   The North End – Shorty Peak to Myrtle Creek 209
      Italian Ridge Trail No. 95 211
      Red Top Trail No. 102 212
      Smith Creek-Red Top Ridge Trail No. 21 214
      West Fork Mountain Trail No. 347 216
      Smith Creek Trail No. 17 and Smith Ridge Trail No. 18 218
      Long Canyon Creek Trail No. 16 221
      Parker Ridge Trail No. 221 224
      Parker Creek Trail No. 14 226
      Fisher Peak Trail No. 27 229
      Pyramid Pass Trail No. 13 230
      Pyramid-Ball Lakes Trail No. 43 232
      Big Fisher Lake Trail No. 41 233
      Pyramid Trail No. 7 235
      Russell Mountain Trail No. 12 and Russell Ridge Trail No. 92 236
      Burton Peak Trail No. 9 240
      Snow Creek Falls Trail 241
      Myrtle Falls Trail 242
      Myrtle Peak Trail No. 286 245
      Two Mouth Lakes Trail No. 268 246
      Upper Myrtle Creek Trail No. 6 248
      Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge 250
   Essay – Gifts 253
   The South End – Harrison Lake to Caribou Lake 256
      Bottleneck Lake Trail No. 187 258
      Snow Lake Trail No. 185 259
      Roman Nose Lakes Trail No. 165 260
      Harrison Lake Trail No. 217 264
      Beehive Lakes Trail No. 279 265
      Chimney Rock Trail No. 256 266
      Fault Lake Trail No. 59 268
      Caribou Lake Trail No. 58 271
      Mickinnick Trail 272
   Essay – Lost Summer: 1967 274
   Priest Lake State Forest 278
      Trapper Creek Trail 281
      Mollies Lake and The Mollies Trail 282
      Lookout Lake and Lookout Mountain Trail 283
      Devil Falls Trail 287
      The Wigwams Trail 288
      Upper Standard Lake Trail 290
      Goblin Knob Trail 291
      Mount Roothaan Trail 293
      Hunt Lake Trail 295
      Hunt Creek Falls Trail 296
   Essay – Caribou Conundrum 298
   North of the Border: A Hike in West Arm Provincial Park 302

Appendices
Appendix 1: Leave No Trace and Outdoors Ethics 307
Appendix 2: Who to Contact 309
Appendix 3: Family Fun Hikes 313
Appendix 4: Accessibility Guide for Americans with Disabilities 315
Appendix 5: The National Recreation Trail System 318
Appendix 6: Idaho Centennial Trail and Pacific Northwest Trail 319
Appendix 7A: Mileage Chart 322
Appendix 7B: Mileposts 323
Appendix 8: Index by Trail Name 328
Appendix 9: Index by Trail Number 332