Sinopah Mountain
{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of Montana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Sinopah Mountain
| photo = Two Medicine Lake.jpg
| photo_caption = Sinopah Mountain at right rises dramatically above the western end of Two Medicine Lake
| elevation_ft = 8276
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4826|name=Sinopah Mountain, Montana |accessdate=August 2, 2017}}
| prominence_ft = 191
| 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|27|48|N|113|24|44|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=776574|name=Sinopah Mountain|accessdate=August 2, 2017}}
| topo = USGS Mount Rockwell, MT
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Scramble
}}
Sinopah Mountain ({{convert|8276|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 Rockwell, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.46314&lon=-113.41148&datum=nad83&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m|accessdate=August 2, 2017}} Sinopah Mountain rises prominently to the west of Two Medicine Lake. Sinopah means, ""kit fox" in Blackfeet, (who) was the Indian wife of Hugh Monroe (Rising Wolf) and daughter of Lone Walker, a powerful Blackfeet chief."{{cite web|publisher=National Park Service|title=Historic Place Names|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac/appa.htm|accessdate=August 2, 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:Sinopah Mountain, Glacier National Park.jpg|Sinopah and Two Medicine Lake
File:Two Medicine Lake, Sinopah Mtn.jpg|Sinopah reflected in Two Medicine Lake
File:Sinopah sunrise portrait.jpg|At sunrise
File:Two Medicine Lake Morning.jpg
File:Sinopah and Two Medicine Lake.jpg|Sinopah and Two Medicine Lake
File:Sinopah.jpg|Sinopah
See also
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5678028/United%20States/Montana/Glacier/Sinopah%20Mountain Sinopah Mountain]
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