Amphitheater Mountain (Wyoming)
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Wyoming}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Amphitheater Mountain
| photo = Amphitheater Mountain in winter.jpg
| photo_caption = Southwest aspect
| elevation_ft = 11042
| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/7533|title=Amphitheater Mountain - 11,042' WY|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-08-11}}
| prominence_ft = 1422
| isolation_mi = 5.60
| parent_peak = Pilot Peak (11,522 ft)
| location = Yellowstone National Park
Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
| range = Absaroka Range
Rocky Mountains
| etymology =
| map = Wyoming#USA
| label_position = bottom
| map_size = 270
| map_caption = Location in Wyoming
| coordinates = {{coord|44|58|25|N|109|59|55|W|type:mountain_region:US-WY_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1597743|name=Amphitheater Mountain|access-date=2021-08-11}}
| topo = USGS Pilot Peak
| type =
| rock = volcanic
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Amphitheater Mountain is a prominent {{convert|11,042|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
Description
The peak is situated southwest of the town of Cooke City, Montana, at the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park, two miles south of the park's Northeast Entrance Station. It is part of the Absaroka Range, and a portion of the mountain is within the North Absaroka Wilderness. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises over {{convert|3,600|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Silver Gate in two miles. Volcanoes of the early Eocene supplied the material that formed the mountain 50–55 million years ago, and here created some of the most rugged terrain in Yellowstone Park.Mary Meagher, Douglas B. Houston, Yellowstone and the Biology of Time, 1999, University of Oklahoma Press, {{ISBN|9780806130064}}, page 142. The mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Amphitheater Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }} 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.
Gallery
File:Amphitheater Mountain with snow.jpg|Amphitheater Mountain with snow from Silver Gate, Montana
File:Amphitheater Mountain (11423830075).jpg|North aspect
File:Amphitheater Mountain and Peak 10941.jpg|From the southwest with summit left of center
File:Amphitheater Mountain 2 (8535157016).jpg|from north
File:Amphitheater Mountain 3 (8534049493).jpg|subsidiary peaks on the south ridge
File:Amphitheater Mountain 1 (8535156100).jpg|west ridge
File:Soda Butte roadside sunset (36240363040).jpg|Soda Butte and Amphitheater Mountain at sunset
See also
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5817132/United%20States/Wyoming/Park/Amphitheater%20Mountain Amphitheater Mountain]
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Category:Mountains of Park County, Wyoming
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States