Clements Mountain
{{Short description|Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Clements Mountain
| photo = Hanging Gardens - panoramio.jpg
| photo_caption = Clements Mountain
| elevation_ft = 8765
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4787|name=Clements Mountain, Montana|accessdate=June 7, 2018}} {{NAVD88}}
| prominence_ft = 920
| listing = Mountains of Glacier National Park
| location = Glacier County, Montana, Flathead County, Montana, U.S.
| map = USA Montana#USA
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States
| range = Lewis Range
| coordinates = {{coord|48|41|35|N|113|44|25|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref={{cite gnis|id=781372|name=Clements Mountain|accessdate=June 7, 2018}}
| topo = USGS Logan Pass, MT
| first_ascent = August 13, 1923 (Norman Clyde)
| easiest_route =
}}
Clements Mountain ({{convert|8765|ft|m|0}}) 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=Logan Pass, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.69303&lon=-113.74039&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=June 7, 2018}} Clements Mountain rises to the west of Logan Pass and above the Hidden Lake Trail which leads to Hidden Lake just west of the continental divide. The peak was named after Walter M. Clements who had worked to set up a treaty between the Blackfeet and the U.S. Government for the purchase of tribal lands east of the continental divide which later became part of the park.{{cite summitpost |id=151303 |name=Clements Mountain |accessdate=2011-05-09}}
Geology
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Clements Mountain 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 {{convert|3|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} thick, {{convert|50|mi|km}} wide and {{convert|160|mi|km}} long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, the peak is located in an alpine 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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
See also
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References
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External links
- Clements Mountain: [https://www.yr.no/place/United_States/Montana/Clements_Mountain/ Weather]
Category:Mountains of Glacier County, Montana
Category:Mountains of Flathead County, Montana