Roughly 60 miles south of Canada, the 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks roadless area spans the Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for its wilderness potential. The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness believe now is the time to preserve the Scotchmans, one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region.

Category Archives: Photo Contest

2009 Photo Contest Winners Announced

This year’s 2nd Annual FSPW Photo Contest had some fantastic photos entered into it.
Congratulations to everyone who entered! We had over 50 photos this year, and narrowing them down to the top three in each of our categories was difficult, but of course it had to be done.
Here are this [...]


2009 Summer Photo Contest Announced

Have a little bit of Ansel Adams in you?  Or do you just really like taking photographs?  Do your family and friends look at your photos and say "wow!"…….
If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, or even if you answered "no", grab your camera and your favorite hiking companion and head out [...]


2008 Photo Contest Winners Announced

The Friends Of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are pleased to announce the winners of our Photo Contest! After receiving many excellent submissions from talented photographers (making the judges’ decision difficult!) we have finally manged to choose a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner in each of the four categories: Scotchmans Scenery, Scotchman’s Spirit, Wilderness Water, and [...]


2008 Summer Photo Contest Announced

UPDATE:  The winners for 2008 have been chosen! 
Check out the 2008 winning entries HERE.
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Have a little bit of Ansel Adams in you?  Or do you just really like taking photographs?  Do your family and friends look at your photos and say "wow!"…….
If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, or even [...]