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Mount James

Mount James

Mountain in the state of Montana


Mount James (9,380 feet (2,859 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1][3] Mount James is 1.35 miles (2.17 km) northeast of Triple Divide Peak. The Blackfeet name for the mountain is Ah'-kow-to-mak-an (Double Runner).[4]

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Geology

Like the mountains in Glacier National Park, Mt. James 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 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.[5]

Mount James to the right, Bad Marriage Mountain to left
Mount James summit
  1. "Mount James, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  2. Cut Bank Pass, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. Shultz, James Willard (1916). Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 108.
  4. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mt. James is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.[1] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

See also

References


  1. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.

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