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.

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The Scotchmans in Backpacker Magazine

If you haven’t already picked up your June issue of Backpacker Magazine, better do so quick before it leaves the newsstands! Turn to page 68 to read a terrific article they did on the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
Lots of choices here for reading the article:
Online at Backpacker Magazine’s website:
http://www.backpacker.com/june_09_hike_it_save_it_scotchman_peaks_mtid/destinations/13167
OR:
Read the article as PDF (384kb)
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