Flathead Range (Montana)

This article is about a landform in Montana. For the mountain range in Canada, see Flathead Range (Canada).

Flathead Range
Great Northern Mountain from Hungry Horse Reservoir
Highest point
Peak	Red Mountain
Elevation	9,411 ft (2,868 m)
Coordinates	47°42′00″N113°18′00″W / 47.70000°N 113.30000°W / 47.70000; -113.30000 [1]
Dimensions
Length	111 mi (179 km)N–S
Width	70 mi (110 km)E–W
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Montana
Parent range	Rocky Mountains

The Flathead Range ^[2] is a mountain range of the Northern Rocky Mountains located southeast of Whitefish, Montana in the Great Bear Wilderness, part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. It is west of the Rocky Mountain Front, east of the Swan Range and southeast of the Whitefish Range. Its west side is drained by the South Fork Flathead River which forms Hungry Horse Reservoir.

The highest peak is Red Mountain at 9,411 ft. ^[1] Scapegoat Mountain is the second-highest and Pentagon Mountain is ninth-highest.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Flathead Range is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. ^[3] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

See also

• List of mountain ranges in Montana

References

1. "Flathead Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. "Flathead Range". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2022-09-20.
3. Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L.; McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.