Ahern Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Montana}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Ahern Peak

| photo = Helen Lake - panoramio.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect, with Helen Lake

| elevation_ft = 8753

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4766|title=Ahern Peak, Montana|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}

| prominence_ft = 349

| prominence_ref =

| range = Lewis Range

| location = Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States

| coordinates = {{coord|48|49|51|N|113|46|56|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=768139|name=Ahern Peak|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}

| topo = USGS Ahern Pass, MT

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Ahern Peak ({{convert|8753|ft|m}}) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Ahern Pass, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.83081&lon=-113.78234&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=May 30, 2018}} The mountain was named after George Patrick Ahern.{{Cite web|title=George Patrick Ahern, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army|publisher=Arlington National Cemetery|date=December 23, 2006|url = http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gpahern.htm|accessdate=2010-09-19}} Ahern Peak is immediately southwest of Helen Lake and straddles the Continental Divide. Ahern Glacier lies just north of the peak.

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