Highlight • Summit
Coolwater Mountain
Hiking
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Christopher
September 18, 2023
Hiking
Coolwater was one of the first lookout sites developed in the Lochsa-Selway country, built in 1915. One of the duties of early lookouts here was relaying heliograph messages from other lookouts that were not serviced by telephone lines.
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22.9km
08:38
1,610m
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Hike the difficult 14.2-mile Rackliff Trail in Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, gaining 5278 feet to Coolwater Mountain summit.
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Elevation 2,100 m
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