| Mount Custer | |
| Elevation Ft: | 8888 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 1203 |
| Range: | Livingston Range |
| Parent Peak: | Chapman Peak |
| Location: | Flathead County, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
| Map: | Montana#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 48.9803°N -114.0581°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Topo: | USGS Mount Carter, MT |
Mount Custer (8888feet) is a mountain in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] Situated along the Continental Divide, Mount Custer rises more than 3300feet above Lake Nooney, located below the summit to the east. Herbst Glacier is immediately northeast of the peak. The mountain is probably named for George Armstrong Custer, of Custer's Last Stand.[4]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Custer has in a subarctic climate characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Mount Custer 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.[6]