Spirit Mountain (Montana)
{{short description|Mountain in United States of America}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Spirit Mountain
| photo = Spring views along the Beartooth Highway 2021.jpg
| photo_caption = Southeast aspect, from Beartooth Pass
| elevation_ft = 12288
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=16935|name=Spirit Mountain, Montana
|accessdate=August 8, 2016}}
| prominence_ft = 763
| location = Carbon County, Montana, U.S.
| range = Beartooth Mountains
| map = Montana#USA
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States
| coordinates = {{coord|45|02|25|N|109|33|04|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=805941|name=Spirit Mountain|accessdate=August 8, 2016}}
| topo = USGS Silver Run Peak
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Spirit Mountain ({{convert|12288|ft}}) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.{{cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Silver Run Peak, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.04022&lon=-109.55100&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=August 8, 2016}} The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, in Custer National Forest.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Spirit Mountain 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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
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File:Beartooth Pass, Spirit.jpg
Category:Mountains of Carbon County, Montana
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