Haystack Butte

Last updated
Haystack Butte
Cloudy Haystack Butte.jpg
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation 7,486 ft (2,282 m) [1]
Prominence 446 ft (136 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Gould (9,557 ft) [2]
Isolation 1.06 mi (1.71 km) [2]
Coordinates 48°43′58″N113°43′58″W / 48.7326991°N 113.7327429°W / 48.7326991; -113.7327429 [3]
Geography
USA Montana relief location map.jpg
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Haystack Butte
Location in Montana
Usa edcp relief location map.png
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Haystack Butte
Location in the United States
Location Glacier National Park
Flathead County
Montana, U.S.
Parent range Lewis Range
Topo map USGS Logan Pass
Geology
Rock type Sedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest route class 2 hiking

Haystack Butte is a 7,486-foot-elevation (2,282-meter) summit located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated one mile west of the Continental Divide, in Flathead County, above the Weeping Wall on its south slope. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 3,900 feet (1,200 meters) above McDonald Creek in less than 1.5 mile. It can be seen from Logan Pass, and from Going-to-the-Sun Road which traverses the west and south slopes of the peak. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Gould, 1.07 miles (1.72 km) to the northeast. [1] Climbing access is via the Highline Trail. This geographical feature's descriptive name was on maps as early as 1904, and was officially adopted March 6, 1929, by the United States Board on Geographic Names [3]

Contents

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Haystack Butte is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [4] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into McDonald Creek, thence Lake McDonald.

Geology

Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Haystack Butte Tail 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. [5] The bulk of the peak is composed of limestone of the Siyeh Formation, with a diorite cap. [6]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Wilbur (Montana)</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Mount Wilbur is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Plainly visible from the region of Many Glacier, the peak rises over 4,500 feet (1,372 m) above Swiftcurrent Lake and is a steep pyramid on three sides. The west slopes of the peak join to ridges along the continental divide. Much of the climbing routes are rated at class 4 to 5, with some only used once. The sedimentary rock of the mountains makes for often poor anchoring points and enhances the difficulty. A cirque on the north slopes of the mountain shelters Iceberg Lake, a popular hiking destination from Many Glacier. The mountain was named by George Bird Grinnell in 1885, for Edward R. Wilbur of New York, one of Grinnell's partners in the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, and both men were founders of the Audubon Society.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Gould (Montana)</span> Peak on the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States

Mount Gould is a peak on the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States. It is the highest point of the Garden Wall, a distinctive ridge of the Lewis Range. It is most notable for its huge, steep east face, which drops 4,000 ft (1,220 m) in only one-half mile (0.8 km). This face provides a backdrop to Grinnell Lake, and is often photographed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bishops Cap</span> Mountain pass in Montana, United States

Bishops Cap is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear. The name Bishops Cap is descriptive only, and there's no known origin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clements Mountain</span> Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States

Clements Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Clements Mountain rises to the west of Logan Pass and above the Hidden Lake Trail which leads to Hidden Lake just west of the continental divide. The peak was named after Walter M. Clements who had worked to set up a treaty between the Blackfeet and the U.S. Government for the purchase of tribal lands east of the continental divide which later became part of the park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iceberg Peak (Montana)</span> Mountain in Montana, USA

Iceberg Peak is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Iceberg Peak rises more than 3,000 feet (910 m) above Iceberg Lake and is considered a difficult climb due to the steepness and exposure climbers must endure. The peak sits astride the continental divide 1.1 mi (1.8 km) WNW of Mount Wilbur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kootenai Peak</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Kootenai Peak is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Kootenai Peak is in the northeastern section of Glacier National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Chief Mountain</span> Mountain in Montana, U.S.A.

Little Chief Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Little Chief Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, rising to the south of Saint Mary Lake. Little Chief Mountain was named in 1887 by George Bird Grinnell for his friend, Frank North, U.S. Army. "Little Chief" was his Pawnee name, given to him by his Pawnee Scouts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pollock Mountain</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Pollock Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Pollock Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide and is one of the peaks along the Garden Wall and is approximately .6 miles (0.97 km) south of Bishops Cap. The mountain was named by Ross Carter for William C. Pollock, a member of the Indian Commission who along with Walter M. Clements and George Bird Grinnell negotiated with the Blackfeet to consummate the treaty that enabled the Federal Government to purchase the "Ceded Strip" of land, which included all of what is now Glacier National Park to the east of the Continental Divide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Split Mountain (Montana)</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Split Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bearhat Mountain</span> Mountain in Montana, United States

Bearhat Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Bearhat Mountain is immediately west of Hidden Lake. The mountain was named after a Kootenai Native American, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1932.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Cannon</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Mount Cannon is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Formerly called Goat Mountain it was renamed for the leading physiologist Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon and his wife Cornelia, who made the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1901.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heavy Runner Mountain</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Heavy Runner Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The summit is a little over a mile east-northeast of Reynolds Mountain and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road as well as Logan Pass. The mountain is named for the Blackfeet Indian Chief, Heavy Runner, who was massacred along with most of his encampment by Col. Eugene M. Baker's detachment on the Marias River on January 23, 1870.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Matterhorn (Montana)</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Little Matterhorn is a 7,886-foot elevation mountain summit located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The nearest higher peak is Edwards Mountain, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to the south. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into creeks which empty into Lake McDonald. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Little Matterhorn has an alpine climate characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dragons Tail (Montana)</span> Ridge in the state of Montana

The Dragons Tail is an 8,580-foot (2,620-meter) elevation ridge located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated on the Continental Divide, on the border shared by Flathead County and Glacier County. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,200 feet above Hidden Lake in one-half mile, and the west aspect rises nearly 4,700 feet above Avalanche Lake in two miles. It can be seen from the Hidden Lake overlook along with its nearest higher neighbor, Bearhat Mountain, 1.27 miles (2.04 km) to the northwest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angel Wing (Glacier National Park)</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Angel Wing is a 7,430-foot (2,260-meter) elevation mountain summit located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated one mile east of the Continental Divide, in Glacier County. It can be seen from the Many Glacier area, and up close from the Grinnell Glacier Trail. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises nearly 2,500 feet above Grinnell Lake in one-half mile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clyde Peak</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Clyde Peak is an 8,610-foot-elevation (2,620-meter) mountain summit located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The mountain straddles the border shared by Flathead County and Glacier County. It is situated on the Continental Divide so precipitation runoff from the west side of the mountain drains into Thompson Creek which is part of the Middle Fork Flathead River watershed, and the east side drains into headwaters of Red Eagle Creek, which flows to Red Eagle Lake, thence Saint Mary Lake. It is set in the Lewis Range, and the nearest higher neighbor is Mount Logan 1.44 mile to the northwest. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises approximately 4,000 feet in one mile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elk Mountain (Flathead County, Montana)</span> Mountain in the American state of Montana

Elk Mountain is a 7,835-foot-elevation (2,388-meter) mountain summit located in Flathead County in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated in the southern tip of Glacier National Park, in the Lewis Range, about four miles to the west side of the Continental Divide. US Highway 2 and the Hi-Line Subdivision of the BNSF Railway traverse the southern base of this mountain, approximately four miles west of Marias Pass. Topographic relief is significant as the northwest aspect rises 3,400 feet above Ole Creek in one mile. The nearest higher neighbor is Sheep Mountain 2.7 miles to the north-northwest. The mountain's name first appeared on a 1914 USGS map, and was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The summit is the site of a former fire lookout that was built in the 1930s, and removed in 1963.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scenic Point</span> Mountain in the state of Montana

Scenic Point is a 7,522-foot-elevation (2,293-meter) mountain summit located in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is situated in the Lewis Range, six miles northwest of East Glacier Park Village, and approximately seven miles east of the Continental Divide, with precipitation runoff from the mountain draining into the Two Medicine River watershed. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises over 2,600 feet above Lower Two Medicine Lake in one mile. Access to the summit is via the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail which traverses the upper slopes of this mountain. The trail to Scenic Point was constructed by the Great Northern Railway, and the summit once hosted a locomotive bell, a Swiss Alps tradition. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spot Mountain</span> Mountain summit in Montana, USA

Spot Mountain is a 7,831-foot-elevation (2,387-meter) mountain summit located in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is situated in the Lewis Range, nine miles northwest of East Glacier Park Village, and approximately five miles east of the Continental Divide. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Cut Bank Creek and Two Medicine River, which merge to form the Marias River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises nearly 3,000 feet above Lower Two Medicine Lake in two miles. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Porcupine Ridge</span> Mountain ridge in Montana, US

Porcupine Ridge is a prominent mountain ridge located in the Goat Haunt area of Glacier National Park, in Glacier County of the U.S. state of Montana. This mountain is part of the Livingston Range, and is situated 1.5 mile east of the Continental Divide. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 3,900 feet above Lake Frances in one mile, and nearly 5,000 feet above Waterton Lake in five miles. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Waterton River via Olson and Valentine Creeks. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1911 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Haystack Butte, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. 1 2 "Haystack Butte - 7,486' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. 1 2 "Haystack Butte". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  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: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. James L. Dyson, The Geologic Story of Glacier National Park