Rising Wolf Mountain

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Rising Wolf mountain
Glacier National Park Lower Medicine Lake - panoramio - Jim Helvey.jpg
Rising Wolf Mountain seen from Lower Two Medicine Lake
Highest point
Elevation9,513 ft (2,900 m)[1]
Prominence2,873 ft (876 m)[1]
Parent peakBlackfoot Mountain[1]
ListingMountains in Glacier County, Montana
Coordinates48°29′46″N 113°24′58″W / 48.49611°N 113.41611°W / 48.49611; -113.41611Coordinates: 48°29′46″N 113°24′58″W / 48.49611°N 113.41611°W / 48.49611; -113.41611[2]
Geography
Rising Wolf mountain is located in Montana
Rising Wolf mountain
Rising Wolf mountain
Location in Montana
LocationGlacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent rangeLewis Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Rockwell, MT
Climbing
First ascent1923 (Norman Clyde)[1]
Easiest routeScramble

Rising Wolf Mountain (9,513 feet (2,900 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1][3] The peak is in the southeastern section of the park and rises dramatically above the Two Medicine region and more than 4,450 ft (1,360 m) above Two Medicine Lake immediately to the south. The Blackfeet consider the Two Medicine region of the park to be sacred ground and their name for the peak, "Mahkuyi-opuahsin", meaning, The way the wolf gets up, was later translated to the current name of the mountain.[4]

Rising Wolf Mountain was named after , a fur trader who lived with the Pikunis and gave him the name Rising Wolf. After his death, his close friend and author James Willard Schultz named the peak after Monroe.[5]

Climate[]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

Geology[]

Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, the peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.[7]

Gallery[]

  • South aspect

  • Summit of Rising Wolf Mountain as seen from Two Medicine Lake

  • Closer summit image from the south

  • Rising Wolf Mountain, summit to left

  • Rising Wolf Mountain, summit to left

  • Northwest aspect

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rising Wolf Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "Rising Wolf Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Mount Rockwell, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Rising Wolf Mountain". Summitpost. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Schultz, James Willard (1919). Rising Wolf-The White Blackfeet, Hugh Monroe's Story of his first year on the plains (PDF). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  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: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
  7. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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