Mount Grant
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation8,590 ft (2,618 m)[1]
Prominence670 ft (204 m)[1]
Parent peakGreat Northern Mountain (8,705 ft)[2]
Isolation1.24 mi (2.00 km)[2]
Coordinates48°19′29″N 113°45′21″W / 48.3246795°N 113.7559279°W / 48.3246795; -113.7559279[3]
Geography
Mount Grant is located in Montana
Mount Grant
Mount Grant
Location in Montana
Mount Grant is located in the United States
Mount Grant
Mount Grant
Location in the United States
LocationFlathead County, Montana, US
Parent rangeFlathead Range
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Grant

Mount Grant is an 8,590-foot-elevation (2,618 meter) mountain summit located in Flathead County in the U.S. state of Montana.[3]

Description

Mount Grant is situated in the Great Bear Wilderness on land managed by Flathead National Forest. Mount Grant is in the Flathead Range, west of the Continental Divide, and the nearest higher peak is Great Northern Mountain, one mile to the northwest.[1] Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 5,030 feet (1,530 meters) above Hungry Horse Reservoir in four miles, and the east aspect rises the same in five miles above the Middle Fork Flathead Valley. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into Tunnel Creek, which is a tributary of Middle Fork Flathead River, and the west slope drains to Hungry Horse Reservoir.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] This climate supports the Grant Glacier on the east slope. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

East aspect of Mount Grant centered. Mount Liebig to left, and the top of Great Northern Mountain visible to right.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Grant, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Grant, Mount – 8,590' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Grant". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
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