Fawn Peak Roadless Area

Index to the other Roadless areas in the Western Okanogan National Forest

Selected campfire stories from this area from Lost and Forgotten - A Trail Guide to Roadless Area Hikes and Vistas in Western Okanogan County

Fawn Peak, RA 489

Fawn Peak roadless area lies in the center of one of the favorite logging areas of the Okanogan National Forest, referred to as Black Pine Basin. Despite its rugged contours, the area around Fawn Peak is crisscrossed with roads and clearcuts covering over 60% of the area. The rocks are primarily sedimentary, and most of the area has been "claimed" by a copper company planning a future open pit mine. The adjacent Whiteface Creek area experienced a 4000 acre fire in 1994, during which lightning struck hundreds of fires in two days of storms, including one bolt that set the timbers of one of the Fawn Peak mines on fire, although Fawn Peak itself escaped most of the fires. Local lore holds that the large copper body below the area attracts lightning. Fawn Peak lies primarily in the Douglas fir montane forest zone. As it rises from the rocky face of the Goat Wall, it eventually reaches into the subalpine zone at the summit, where a few scant alpine larch (Larix lyallii) can be found.

Roadless Area Map of this area (data from Pacific Biodiversity Institute).

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