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Saint Mary Peak is a 9,351-foot elevation (2,850 m) mountain summit located in Ravalli County, Montana.

Description

Saint Mary Peak is located in the Bitterroot Range, which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. It is situated eight miles west of Stevensville in the Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness, on land managed by Bitterroot National Forest.[4] The summit lies five miles east of the Idaho–Montana border. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Bitterroot River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) above Big Creek in three miles. A popular 3.5-mile hiking trail leads to a fire lookout tower at the summit.[5] The lookout was originally built in 1931 and reconstructed in 1953, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Saint Mary Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

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  • Saint Mary Peak rises above Stevensville, Montana
    Saint Mary Peak rises above Stevensville, Montana
  • Saint Mary Peak
    Saint Mary Peak
  • Saint Mary Peak
    Saint Mary Peak
  • Saint Mary Peak fire lookout tower
    Saint Mary Peak fire lookout tower
  • View from summit looking west to Heavenly Twins
    View from summit looking west to Heavenly Twins
  • Summit view
    Summit view

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Adam Helman (2005), The Finest Peaks: Prominence and Other Mountain Measures, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 9781412236645
  2. ^ a b "Saint Mary Peak – 9,351' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Saint Mary Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Saint Mary Peak, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  5. ^ Aaron Theisen (2018), Day Hiking: Glacier National Park and Western Montana, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781680510492
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.

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