27px, we want 27. Please register or login . An old fire lookout precariously perches on South Peak. The high central ridge bears a narrow sawtoothed profile with several sharp summits that include Liberty, Big Bear and Whitehorse Mountains, and Salish and Buckeye Peaks, all above 5,600 feet in elevation and displaying vertical faces of hundreds of feet that attract rock climbers. Several steep and heavily wooded ridges thrust out east and west from the central crest of the Wilderness.
Climbers often approach in winter when snow covers the brush.
Some old trees have reached beyond 100 feet in height. Black bears, black-tailed deer and elk inhabit the forest below mountain goats on the rocky shelves above treeline. The great central core of the area remains rough and trail-less. A short trail extends up Boulder River itself for 4.3 miles through old growth forest. Three short trails climb toward the high crest and end.