Red Eagle Mountain
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Red Eagle Mountain
| photo = Red Eagle Mountain.jpg
| photo_caption = Red Eagle Mountain below cloud from St. Mary, Montana
| elevation_ft = 8,881
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=50346|name=Red Eagle Mountain, Montana|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}
| prominence_ft = 801
| location = Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
| map = Montana#USA
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States
| range = Lewis Range
| coordinates = {{coord|48|39|16|N|113|32|55|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=775636|name=Red Eagle Mountain|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}
| topo = USGS Rising Sun, MT
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Red Eagle Mountain ({{convert|8881|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=Rising Sun, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.65442&lon=-113.54872&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=July 28, 2017}} Red Eagle Mountain rises more than {{convert|4000|ft|abbr=on}} above Saint Mary Lake and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the entrance to the park from the village of St. Mary, Montana as well as at Rising Sun. The mountain was named according to James Willard Schultz, "by his Indian wife in 1887, for her uncle, Red Eagle, who had saved their son's life with his prayers to the Sun".{{cite web|publisher=National Park Service|title=Historic Place Names|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac/appa.htm|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}
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.
Gallery
File:Red Eagle Mountain detail.jpg|Red Eagle Mountain detail
File:St. Mary Lake and Red Eagle Mountain.jpg|Red Eagle Mountain, north aspect from St. Mary Lake
File:Saint Mary Lake Pano-2.jpg (8644097563).jpg|Red Eagle to the left side