Saddle Mountain (Wyoming)

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Saddle Mountain
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Northeast aspect in winter
Highest point
Elevation 10,670 ft (3,250 m) [1]
Prominence 1,870 ft (570 m) [1]
Parent peak Castor Peak (10,866 ft) [2]
Isolation 3.99 mi (6.42 km) [2]
Coordinates 44°42′37″N109°59′03″W / 44.7104037°N 109.9841723°W / 44.7104037; -109.9841723 [3]
Geography
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Saddle Mountain
Location in Wyoming
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Saddle Mountain
Saddle Mountain (the United States)
Location Yellowstone National Park
Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent range Absaroka Range
Rocky Mountains
Topo map USGS Pollux Peak

Saddle Mountain is a 10,670-foot-elevation (3,250-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States. [3]

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Description

The peak is situated in the northeast quadrant of Yellowstone National Park and is the 20th-highest peak within the park. [4] It is part of the Absaroka Range, which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Neighbors include Little Saddle Mountain 1.5 mile to the southwest, Castor Peak 3.98 miles to the south-southeast, and Pollux Peak 4.07 miles to the southeast on the opposite side of the Lamar River Valley. [1] Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises 2,900 feet (880 meters) above Lamar River in approximately two miles. The mountain's name, which was officially adopted in 1930 by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [5] was in use before 1899 when Henry Gannett published it in A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States. [6]

Saddle Mountain from northwest, with Pollux Peak behind Saddle Mountain and Pollux Peak.jpg
Saddle Mountain from northwest, with Pollux Peak behind

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Saddle Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [7] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Lamar River.

See also

Sunset in Lamar Valley featuring Saddle Mountain (left), Hague Mountain, and Little Saddle Mountain Sunset in Lamar Valley (36636458275).jpg
Sunset in Lamar Valley featuring Saddle Mountain (left), Hague Mountain, and Little Saddle Mountain

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Saddle Mountain, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. 1 2 "Saddle Mountain - 10,670' WY". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  3. 1 2 "Saddle Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  4. ↑ Saddle Mountain, Peakvisor.com
  5. ↑ Decisions of the United States Geographic Board, Place Names, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. May 7, 1930. page 20.
  6. ↑ Henry Gannett, A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, 1899, US Government Printing Office, page 773.
  7. ↑ 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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