Conner and Dave Adlard look down on their cabin home from atop Chilco Mountain between Sandpoint and Coeur d’Alene. (Close to Athol, specifically.)
This was their first trip up the mountain.
We carried on “jiking” (running the flats and downs, walking the ups) to South Chilco Mountain hoping for a good view of Lake Coeur d’Alene, as promised by our guidebook. We never did find that vista.
The view of Lake Pend Oreille was FABULOUS, however.
We hiked in from the trailhead at the junction of Forest Roads 332 and 385. Moderate difficulty. About 9mi return to South Chilco Mountain summit.
Views from the closer (2mi) Chilco Mountain top were better. We will give the further South peak a miss, next time.
more photos from our hike on flickr
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