Cache Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Idaho}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cache Peak

| photo = City of Rocks NR.jpg

| photo_caption = Cache Peak at center in background and the City of Rocks National Reserve

| elevation_ft = 10339

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| prominence_ft = 4459

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{{cite peakbagger

| pid = 3438

| name = Cache Peak, Idaho

| access-date = 2012-05-10 }}

| location = Cassia County, Idaho, U.S.

| range = Albion Mountains

| map = USA Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|42.185606|N|113.661156|W|type:mountain_region:US-ID_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS Cache Peak

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Cache Peak, at {{convert|10339|ft|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.{{cite gnis|id=378685|title=Cache Peak}}{{cite web |author=U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |title=Sawtooth National Forest |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/sawtooth |access-date=2012-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/cache-peak-id/152960|title=Cache Peak (ID) |publisher=SummitPost.org |access-date=2012-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13317|title=Albion Range |publisher=PeakBagger|access-date=2012-05-10}}

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 {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the peak. The peak can be reached via a non-technical hike, and there are several alpine lakes on the east side of the peak.{{cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/albion-range/277435|title=Albion Range |publisher=SummitPost.org |access-date=2012-05-10}}

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.{{citation|last=Moseley |first=R. K. |title=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 |publisher=Idaho Department of Fish and Game |date=October 1993 |url=http://fishgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/idnhp/cdc_pdf/moser93f.pdf |access-date=July 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112444/http://fishgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/idnhp/cdc_pdf/moser93f.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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