Crown Butte
{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Crown Butte
| photo = Avalanche rescue on Crown Butte.jpg
| photo_caption = North aspect, 2009 avalanche search
| elevation_ft = 10225
| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=59453|name=Crown Butte, Montana |access-date=2024-08-05}}
| prominence_ft = 492
| isolation_mi = 0.77
| isolation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/24886|title=Crown Butte - 10,220' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-08-05}}
| parent_peak = Miller Mountain
| etymology =
| map = Montana#USA
| map_caption = Location in Montana
| map_size = 270
| label_position = top
| country = United States
| state = Montana
| region = Park
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected area | part =
| range = Beartooth Mountains
Rocky Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|45.0530700|N|109.9609591|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=806945|name=Crown Butte|access-date=2024-08-05}}
| topo = USGS Cooke City
| rock = Andesite[https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1717/downloads/pdf/p1717M.pdf The Life Cycle of Gold Deposits Near the Northeast Corner of Yellowstone National Park—Geology, Mining History, and Fate], Bradley S. Van Gosen, 2007, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 433.
| age = Eocene
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Crown Butte is a {{convert|10225|ft|m|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit in Park County, Montana, United States.
Description
Crown Butte is located {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} north-northwest of Cooke City, Montana, in the Beartooth Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is set within the New World Mining District and the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into headwaters of the Stillwater River, whereas the east slope drains into Miller Creek → Soda Butte Creek → Lamar River. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises {{convert|1225|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Miller Creek in {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The area around Crown Butte from Cooke City to Scotch Bonnet Mountain offers some of the finest backcountry snowmobiling in the country.[https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd559159.pdf Cooke City Winter Trail Map], 2013, US Forest Service, fs.usda.gov On January 17, 2009, a snowmobiler riding on Crown Butte triggered an avalanche resulting in one fatality.[https://www.mtavalanche.com/sites/default/files/2017-08/AnnRep2008-09-sm.pdf 2008–2009 Annual Report], Doug Chabot, Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, p. 14, Retrieved 2024-08-05. On December 31, 2022, one snowmobiler was killed in a very large avalanche on Crown Butte.[https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/27422 Snowmobiler avalanche fatality on Crown Butte], Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, Retrieved 2024-08-05.
File:New World Mine Site - Gallatin National Forest (3762839195).jpg
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Crown Butte is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild 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 | pages = 1633–1644 |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 }} Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.
See also
References
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External links
- Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5647274/United%20States/Montana/Park/Crown%20Butte Crown Butte]
- Crown Butte (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/1fphotos/6203733737/in/dateposted/ Flickr]
- Crown Butte (photo): [https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/19/crown-butte-avalanches-1 Mtavalanche.com]
- Crown Butte (photo): [https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/23/full-view-crown-butte-avalanche Mtavalanche.com]
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{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Crown Butte
| North = Fisher Mountain
| Northeast = Sheep Mountain
| East = Henderson Mountain
| Southeast = Miller Creek
| South = Cooke City
| Southwest = Miller Mountain
| West = Wolverine Peak
| Northwest = Stillwater River
}}
Category:Mountains of Park County, Montana
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States
Category:Gallatin National Forest