Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-07-17
Granite Lake
1858 Feet
Above Sea
Peak Above Granite Lake
Has Altitude of 8,64O
Feet.
DATA REGARDING
LOCAL MOUNTAINS

Here is some interesting informa-
ton for the people who live in this
district 1t is the height of various
mountains hereabouts and other
scraps of knowledge that will intrigue.
At least they did the reporter when he
dropped into the Libby ranger office
the other day and fell into CONVEX
sation with Ranger Bob Byers.
Byers has a map in his possession
prepared by the U. S. geological sur
vey and this map surely gives a lot
of information for the man who knows
how to read it. Ranger Byers is ac-
quainted with the mysteries of map
making and we got him to interpret it
for us.
One of the first bits of interesting
data he gave us was this He told us
that Granite lake, that gem in the
mountains loved by so many Libby
people, is 4588 feet above sea level and
liz miles in an~air line from the cen
ter of Libby. "A" peak, the massive
rampant of rock piercing the sky at
the lakes edge, is 8640 feet above sea
level, or almost as high above the
lake as the lake is above sea level, that
is 4052 feet above the lake. Few peo-
pie would realize that fact as they
stand at the lake and view this mas
sive and impressive and beautiful
piece of Natures work.
Dome Mountain is another impressive
mountain, especially when its vast
rounded dome is covered with sew
eral feet of snow 1t is 9l2 miles from
town in an air line and stands 1855
feet above sea level.
Indian Head standing somewhat
southerly from the Dome and some
what between it and Libby is 7240 feet
high and seven miles from the city
in an air line. The massive. jagged,
rocky peak between Flower and Granite
creeks stands 1859 feet into the air and
is eight miles from the city as the
crow flies.
On the other side of Granite creek
is Snowy mountain, nine miles from
i the city and with an altitude of 1921
feea-
Snowshoe Peak stands at an altitude
of 8712 feet and is 1919 miles from
town
Leigh Lake, visited by many nature
lovers of these parts, lies at an eleva-
ton of $500 feet Where one leaves
the road and starts up the trail to
the lake, the elevation is $500 feet and
the distance from that point to the
lake is 2l2 miles. That means tnAs one
travelling up this trail must climb those
1000 feet in the two and half miles
Leigh lake is 13 miles from town on
an air line
Big Hoodoo mountain, standing by
itself near the Herman Bockman ranch,
has an altitude of 5235 feet.
The lookout on Sheldon mountain.
is $500 feet above the level of the
sea and Az miles from Libby.
Mr.. Byers reports that new look
out station is being constructed on Big
Hoodoo, with a trail and telephone
line to the top of the mountain In
order to get the proper vision from the
mountain top it has been necessary to
construct tower SIS feet high, which
is the highest tower on the Kootenai
national forest, says Ranger Byers.
Jack Halfstead is to be stationed on
Big Hoodoo.
Dave Foster holds forth as lookout
on Mcmillan mountain, where he has
another rather lofty perch. There a
lookout platform has been built at the
top of tree, IL feet from the ground.
The ascent is made by means of spikes
driven into the tree, similar to those
frequently seen on telephone or power
poles for similar use. Ranger Byers
reports that he recently had chicken
wire netting stapled to the tree in
such manner that man climbing to
the top travels within tunnel, and
if he should miss step and fall he
would be caught by the netting, wise
precaution- 4Seventy-two feet is a
long ways into the air." said Byers,
land we hated to take the chance of
man becoming injured or killed while
climbing to the lookout platform