LUNCH PEAK 6412’ &
MOUNT PEND OREILLE 6755’
​TRAIL #67

EVENT TYPE: Day hiking, backpacking, and equestrian
DISTANCE: 8 miles RT
ELEVATION GAIN: 2155 verts
DIFFICULTY: moderate
MAPS: IPNF, Mount Pend Oreille
GPS: Lunch Peak. 48°22’ 29” N 116°11’36”
​RANGER DISTRICT:  Sandpoint R.D.   208.263.5111
BONNER COUNTY SHERIFF: CALL 911 FIRST or 208.267.8417
 IDAHO PANHANDLE NATIONAL FOREST/ALERTShttps://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/ipnf/alerts-notices

DESCRIPTION:

WE HAVE ADDED THE AREAS SHERIFF’S EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS FOR EACH TRIP WRITE UP UNDER THE RANGER DISTRICT INFO. IF AN EMERGENCY OCURRS, EVALUATE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND CALL ONLY IF NEEDED.
​This 8 mile RT hike start up at 6412’ at the Lunch Peak rental lookout tower. From the lookout, the Trail #67 heads north for 4 miles along an undulating ridge to a high point of 6755 foot Mount Pend Oreille
Do not go left up the hill. Follow the trail sign.
Both Lunch Peak and Mount Pend Oreille offer incredible views.
To the south east is the Proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, at 16 miles. And to the ESE 26 miles is Snowshoe Peak in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness. 
To the SW 20+- miles is the views look down Lake Pend Oreille.
​To the west about 32 miles is the American Selkirks

You will see from the images below, that this day hike is spectacular to say the least.
And a pretty easy walking.

DIRECTIONS:

From Sandpoint, drive east on Hwy 200 for about 12 miles to the Trestle Creek Road #275. Turn left (north east) for about 12 miles, and turn left at a switchback onto F.R #1091 for 4 miles to the Lunch Peak Lookout.
​Trestle Creek road is in very good condition.

COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:

Lake Darling, Lake Estelle, and Moose Lake & Mountain.

HAZARDS:

The only hazard on this hike, is wandering off the trail as you gawk at the intense beauty

R & P:

Mr. Sub, Eichardt’s, Jalapeños and the Burger Express.

PHOTO GALLERY

THIS INCREDIBLE TRAIL STARTS NEAR THE LUNCH PEAK LOOKOUT RENTAL
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE LUNCH PEAK RENTAL LOOKOUT, OF THE SELKIRKS
CAN YOU SPOT CHIMNEY ROCK?

ALONG TRAIL #67 THERE ARE THREE SCREE SLOPES TO CROSS

THE VIEW FROM ALONG TRAIL #67. IN THE DISTANCE IS THE AMERICAN SELKIRKS
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

TRAIL #67 HAS SEVERAL LONG NEAR LEVEL SECTIONS THAT MAKE THE TRAIL ENJOYABLE

LAKE DARLING SITS OFF TO THE EAST OF TRAIL #67
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

AS TRAIL #67 DROPS AND DOES A SWITCHBACK,
​THE VIEW OF MOUNT PEND OREILLE COMES INTO VIEW

AS THE TRAIL BREAKS OUT OF THE WOODS
THE TRAIL COMES UP TOWARDS MOUNT PEND OREILLE 

TRAIL #67 AS IT STARTS ITS CLIMB TOWARD MOUNT PEND OREILLE
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

THIS IS THE FIRST SIGHT OF PEND OREILLE LAKE TO THE SOUTH
IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT PEND OREILLE AND THE COLLAPSED FIRE LOOKOUT

THE ONLY REMANENCE OF THE OLD FIRE LOOKOUT

AFTER LUNCH, A NAP IS ALWAYS A GREAT IDEA

TO THE EAST ARE THE SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE CABINET MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

​LOOKING EAST ARE THE TWO HIGHEST PEAKS IN THE CABINET MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS
THE PEAKS ARE A PEAK 8634v AND SNOWSHOE PEAK 8738v
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

TO THE WEST IS THE AMERICAN SELKIRKS

AS WE LEFT THE SUMMIT, THE VIEWS OF PEND OREILLE LAKE
​AND WILDFLOWERS WERE EVERYWHERE
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

THIS IMAGE IS FROM 1995. LUPINE LINED THE TRAIL ON THIS DAY

LUPINE, BEARGRASS AND OTHER WILDFLOWERS LINE THE SOUTH FACING TRAIL

ON OUR WAY DOWN FROM THE TRAILHEAD,
​THIS VIEW REQUIRED US TO PHOTOGRAPH IT
​IMAGE BY CHRIS HERATH

THIS IMAGE IS THE SAME AREA, OF THE JULY 2023, LIGHTENING CREEK FIRE