Cache Peak

Cache Peak
Cache Peak
	Cache Peak at center in background and the City of Rocks National Reserve
Highest point
Elevation	10,339 ft (3,151 m)
Prominence	4,459 ft (1,359 m)
Coordinates	42°11′08″N 113°39′40″W / 42.185606°N 113.661156°W
Geography
	Cache Peak Cassia County, Idaho, U.S.
Parent range	Albion Mountains
Topo map	USGS Cache Peak

Cache Peak, at 10,339 feet (3,151 m) above sea level, is the highest peak in the Albion Mountains of Cassia County in Southern Idaho. Cache Peak is located in the central part of the range southeast of Oakley and north of Almo in the Albion Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cache Peak is in the watershed of tributaries of the Snake River, which itself is a tributary of the Columbia River. The peak is a part of the Great Basin Divide and the Basin and Range Province. It is the highest peak in Idaho south of the Snake River Plain, the highest in Cassia County, and north of City of Rocks National Reserve. The Independence Lakes are located in the basin north of the peak, and Mount Independence is about 1 mi (1.6 km) northwest of the peak.^[4] The peak can be reached via a non-technical hike, and there are several alpine lakes on the east side of the peak.^[6]

Cache Peak supports one of the three populations of Cymopterus davisii, a plant that is endemic to the Albion Mountains. The Cache Peak population is considered a single population with Mount Independence.^[7]

Climate

Climate data for Cache Peak 42.1855 N, 113.6581 W, Elevation: 9,869 ft (3,008 m) (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	26.2 (−3.2)	26.6 (−3.0)	31.8 (−0.1)	36.4 (2.4)	46.1 (7.8)	56.9 (13.8)	68.6 (20.3)	67.7 (19.8)	58.0 (14.4)	44.1 (6.7)	32.0 (0.0)	25.4 (−3.7)	43.3 (6.3)
Daily mean °F (°C)	18.4 (−7.6)	17.9 (−7.8)	22.1 (−5.5)	26.3 (−3.2)	35.5 (1.9)	45.4 (7.4)	55.7 (13.2)	55.2 (12.9)	46.2 (7.9)	34.4 (1.3)	24.0 (−4.4)	17.9 (−7.8)	33.2 (0.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	10.7 (−11.8)	9.2 (−12.7)	12.3 (−10.9)	16.2 (−8.8)	25.0 (−3.9)	33.8 (1.0)	42.8 (6.0)	42.6 (5.9)	34.5 (1.4)	24.7 (−4.1)	16.1 (−8.8)	10.5 (−11.9)	23.2 (−4.9)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	4.86 (123)	3.80 (97)	3.83 (97)	4.27 (108)	4.15 (105)	2.15 (55)	1.12 (28)	1.17 (30)	1.71 (43)	2.71 (69)	3.20 (81)	5.51 (140)	38.48 (976)
Source: PRISM Climate Group^[8]

References

^ "Cache Peak, Idaho". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ "Cache Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Sawtooth National Forest". Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Cache Peak (ID)". SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ "Albion Range". PeakBagger. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ "Albion Range". SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ Moseley, R. K. (October 1993), The status and distribution of Christ's Indian paintbrush (Castilleja christii) and Davis' wavewing (Cymopterus davisii) in the Albion Mountains, Sawtooth National Forest and City of Rocks National Reserve (PDF), Idaho Department of Fish and Game, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved July 28, 2015
^ "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Retrieved October 6, 2023. To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.