Bowback Mountain

{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Bowback Mountain

| photo = Bowback Mountain.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect

| elevation_ft = 12356

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=16908|name=Bowback Mountain, Montana

|accessdate=August 3, 2016}}

| prominence_ft = 1711

| prominence_ref =

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

| range = Beartooth Mountains

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

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

| coordinates = {{coord|45|07|40|N|109|37|06|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=806854|name=Bowback Mountain|accessdate=August 3, 2016}}

| topo = USGS Sylvan Peak

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Bowback Mountain ({{convert|12356|ft}}) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.{{cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Sylvan Peak, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.12772&lon=-109.61822&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=August 3, 2016}} The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the 11th tallest in Montana (tied with Beartooth Mountain) and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest.