Engle Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Engle Peak

| photo = Engle Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Southeast aspect

| elevation_ft = 7583

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=107038|title=Engle Peak, Montana|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| prominence_ft = 803

| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/27145|title=Engle Peak - 7,583' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| isolation_mi = 1.73

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Flat Top Mountain (7,608 ft)

| etymology =

| country = United States

| state = Montana

| region = Sanders

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

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

| label_position = right

| range = Cabinet Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|48.0091313|N|115.6196734|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=783205|name=Engle Peak|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| topo = USGS Howard Lake

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} trail

}}

Engle Peak is a {{convert|7583|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Sanders County, Montana.

Description

Engle Peak is located {{convert|7|mi}} east of Noxon, Montana, along the boundary of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, on land managed by Kaniksu National Forest. It is set west of the Continental Divide in the Cabinet Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slopes drains to McKay Creek, whereas the north slope drains into Engle Lake and Rock Creek, and both creeks are tributaries of the Clark Fork River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1500|ft|m}} above Engle Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km). Engle Lake is named after pioneer Isaac Engle (1855–1928) who homesteaded nearby.{{cite gnis|id=794946|name=Engle Lake|access-date=2023-08-30}} Engle Peak is named after Roy Engle of Noxon who saved the lives of 25 crewmembers fighting a 1910 forest fire.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gao2AQAAMAAJ&dq=lentz+peak&pg=RA1-PA25 Kootenai National Forest (N.F.), Bull River-Clark Fork Planning Unit (MT,ID): Environmental Impact Statement], 1979, p. 26.When the Mountains Roared: Stories of the 1910 Fires, United States. Forest Service. Northern Region, (2010), p. 33. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and has appeared in publications since 1875.[https://books.google.com/books?id=vIL8EGwm0fYC&dq=Engle+Peak&pg=PA21 Henry Gannett, Lists of Elevations Principally in that Portion of the United States West of the Mississippi River, U.S. Government Printing Office (1875), p. 20.] An ascent of the summit involves hiking 3.9 miles with 3,489-feet of elevation gain on the Engle Peak Trail.[https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/kootenai/recreation/recarea/?recid=82679&actid=50 #926 Engle Peak Trailhead, US Forest Service, fs.usda.gov], Retrieved 2023-08-30.

File:Engle Peak, Wanless Lake.jpg

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Engle Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and cool to 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 }} Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.