This is an easy drive up summit with beautuful views of the Bitterroot Valley seen on part of the road accessing the summit.

Direction to WM/GA-114:

From Missoula, MT  take US-93 South Approximately 20 Miles to Florence.

Turn East on Eastside Highway SR-203 for 7 miles to Ambrose Creek road.

Turn East on Ambrose Creek Road for 5.4 miles to FS 428. Take FS428 7.8 miles to Ambrose Saddle.

At Ambrose Saddle take FS1339 SE approximately 6 miles to the intersection of 1339 A and 1339B

Summit #7845 is a good hike through the 2021 Trail Creek wildland fire.  The trail signed Ruby-May Creek #3102 was in great shape and being cleared by a Montana Conservation Corps crew during the activation. There are some good views of the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness summits along the trail. 

Caution: this trail and the summit have elevated snag hazard due to recent wildland fires. 

Shook Mountain is the apex on the north end of a small rib of mountains lying between the East and West Forks of the Bitterroot River, and the Idaho/Montana border to the south.  Having good views of both those valleys there are also fine views of rugged peaks in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.

White Mountain, a US Forest Service Lookout since 1934, had been updated to an L4 Lookout cabin on a 41’ wooden tower in 1954.  It is on the National Register of Historic Lookouts. It has good views of the southern Bitterroot Mountains, the Great Burn Wilderness Study Area, the Idaho/Montana border and the Lolo National Forest.

Current access is hiking approximately 2 miles through forest and along a permanently closed road.