The Albion Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho (~99%) and Utah (~1%), spanning Cassia County , Idaho and barely reaching into Box Elder County , Utah. The highest point in the range is Cache Peak at 10,339 feet (3,151 m), and the range is a part of the Basin and Range Province . Most of the mountains are part of the Albion Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest .
8-691: The Raft River Mountains are southeast of the range, while the Black Pine Mountains are to the east and the Snake River Plain to the north. The streams in the mountains are in the Snake River watershed, which is a tributary of the Columbia River . The towns of Almo , Elba, and Malta are east of the range, Albion , Burley , and Heyburn are to the north, and Oakley is to the west. There are six alpine lakes in
16-766: A mountain range in northern Box Elder County , Utah , United States . The mountains are located in the Raft River Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest . The highest point is Bull Mountain , near the Dunn Benchmark, at 9,925 ft (3,025 m), and the ghost town of Yost is on the north-central slopes. Tributaries of the Raft River drain the northern slopes of
24-740: The Bonneville Basin of the Great Basin (south). The central mass of the range consists of Precambrian metamorphic rocks . The Elba Quartzite with interlayered schist outcrops along the southern slopes of the range and in the Grouse Creek Mountains to the southwest. Cambrian quartzite outcrops in the west part of the range and in the Grouse Creek range and the Goose Creek Mountains to
32-471: The Albion Mountains. Lake Cleveland is north of Mount Harrison, a small unnamed lake is southeast of Mount Harrison, and the four Independence Lakes are north of Cache Peak. Several roads and trails are located in the mountains, which provide for a variety of activities including hiking, off-road vehicle riding, fishing, and hunting. A paved road ascends to the summit of Mount Harrison. Most of
40-448: The peaks can be accessed relatively easily via class one or two routes. City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park are located in the southern portion of the range and is a popular destination for rock climbing. The Pomerelle ski area is located in the range and has two chairlifts. Idaho's rarest plant, Christ's Indian Paintbrush is a plant endemic to the upper slopes of Mount Harrison , being found nowhere else in
48-666: The range to the Snake River then Columbia River and Pacific Ocean , while the southern slopes drain to the Great Salt Lake . Located in the Sawtooth National Forest, the range's montane forest ecoregion is " surrounded by montane steppes and desert ". The range is oriented in an east–west orientation, and is a portion of the Great Basin Divide and the Basin and Range Province between
56-675: The west. The thinly bedded quartzites have been quarried for building stone in the area. The range's plants and animals include pines and rodents of the Northern Basin & Range ecoregion of the Columbia Plateau . The range's Bull Flat trail leads to Bull Flat, Bull Lake, and Bull Mountain, and passes former mines (the trailhead is near a campground). Download coordinates as: [REDACTED] Media related to Raft River Mountains at Wikimedia Commons Goose Creek Mountains The Goose Creek Mountains are
64-628: The world. Davis' springparsley is a plant that is also endemic to the Albion Mountains. The South Hills crossbill is a bird believed to be a separate species than the Common crossbill , and it is endemic to the Albion Mountains and the South Hills due to ecological speciation . In February 1945 nine people died on Mount Harrison when a B-24 Liberator Army Bomber crashed during a training mission in dense fog. Download coordinates as: Raft River Mountains The Raft River Mountains are
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