Lone Walker Mountain Explained

Lone Walker Mountain
Elevation Ft:8502
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:822
Location:Flathead County, Montana, Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Map:Montana#USA
Relief:1
Range:Lewis Range
Coordinates:48.4533°N -113.4789°W[2]

Lone Walker Mountain (8502feet) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] Lone Walker Mountain is situated immediately southwest of Upper Two Medicine Lake along the Continental Divide.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it 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.

Geology

Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, it 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 31NaN1 thick, 50miles wide and 160miles long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 50277. Lone Walker Mountain, Montana. December 26, 2018.
  2. 773614. Lone Walker Mountain. December 26, 2018.
  3. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Rockwell, MT. December 26, 2018.
  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 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 9654551 . 1027-5606. free .
  5. Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias . Gadd, Ben . 2008.