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

| prominence_ref =

| 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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