Mount Doody
{{short description|Mountain in United States of America}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Doody
| photo = View of Mount Doody from Hwy 2.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt. Doody from the west
| elevation_ft = 8644-8684
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4820|title=Mount Doody, Montana|accessdate=June 7, 2018}} {{NAVD88}}
| prominence_ft = 160
| parent_peak =
| location = Flathead County, Montana, U.S.
| range = Lewis Range
| etymology = Dan Doody, park ranger[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac/appa.htm Through The Years In Glacier National Park An Administrative History, NPS.gov]
| map = Montana#USA
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States
| coordinates = {{coord|48|25|48|N|113|34|33|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=770721|name=Mount Doody|accessdate=June 7, 2018}}
| topo = USGS Mount Saint Nicholas, MT
| first_ascent = Unknown
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Doody ({{convert|8644|-|8684|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=Mount Saint Nicholas, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.42997&lon=-113.57594&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=June 7, 2018}} Mount Doody is astride the same ridgeline as the Cloudcroft Peaks which are to the immediate northeast. Dan Doody was one of the first six rangers at Glacier National Park.https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/workman2/photo12.htm NPS.gov Doody patrolled the Middle Fork drainages, using his own homestead as a headquarters. Later, because of his recognized hunting abilities, Doody became a park hunter skilled at removing "undesirable" wildlife from the area.[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac2/chap5.htm Man in Glacier, NPS.gov]
Geology
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, the peak 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.{{cite journal|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
References
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External links
- Dan Doody photo: [https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/workman2/photo12.htm NPS.gov]
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5648949/United%20States/Montana/Flathead/Mount%20Doody Mount Doody]
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Category:Mountains of Flathead County, Montana
Category:Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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