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Mount Idaho
A photo of Mount Idaho and Merriam Lake
Mount Idaho and Merriam Lake
Highest point
Elevation 12,065 ft (3,677 m)
Prominence 1,065 ft (325 m)
Parent peak Borah Peak
Geography
Mount Idaho is located in Idaho
Mount Idaho
Mount Idaho
Location in Idaho
Parent range Lost River Range
Topo map USGS Elkhorn Creek
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 3

Mount Idaho, at 12,065 feet (3,677 m) above sea level is the seventh highest peak in Idaho and the sixth highest in the Lost River Range. The peak is located in Salmon-Challis National Forest in Custer Countyin the US State of the same name. It is 2.2 mi (3.5 km) south of Borah Peak, its line parent, and 2.8 mi (4.5 km) northwest of Leatherman Peak. Merriam Lake is in the basin to the northeast of the peak.

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