Wynn Mountain
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Montana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Wynn Mountain
| photo = Glacier NP Peak 13.jpg
| photo_caption = Wynn Mountain
| elevation_ft = 8409
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4775|name=Wynn Mountain, Montana|accessdate=December 27, 2018}}
| prominence_ft = 364
| etymology = Frank B. Wynn
| 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|46|33|N|113|35|55|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=778709|name=Wynn Mountain|accessdate=December 27, 2018}}
| topo = USGS Lake Sherburne, MT
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
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Wynn Mountain ({{convert|8409|ft|m|0}}) is located in the Lewis Range of Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Lake Sherburne, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.77580&lon=-113.59888&datum=nad83&zoom=4&cross=on|accessdate=December 27, 2018}} Wynn Mountain rises above the south shores of Lake Sherburne. The mountain is named for Frank B. Wynn, physician and scientist who was killed while attempting to climb nearby Mount Siyeh on July 27, 1927.[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac/appa.htm Through The Years In Glacier National Park An Administrative History, 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.
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