Mystery Mountain is a
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in
Custer County, Idaho, United States.
Description
Mystery Mountain is part of the
Sawtooth Range which is a subrange of the
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...
.
[''Exploring the Sawtooths'', Matt Leidecker, Idaho River Publications, 2012, .] It is situated west of
Stanley, Idaho, in the
Sawtooth Wilderness on land managed by
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest is a United States National Forest, National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the United States Depart ...
.
[ The mountain can be seen from Highway 21 and from ]Stanley Lake
Stanley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
* ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film
* ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy
* ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short
* ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Salmon River via Crooked Creek and Valley Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Crooked Creek in . This mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
, Mystery Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Idaho
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
* Geology of the Rocky Mountains
The geology of the Rocky Mountains is that of a discontinuous series of mountain ranges with distinct geological origins. Collectively these make up the Rocky Mountains, a mountain system that stretches from Northern British Columbia through cen ...
Gallery
File:Stanley Lake and McGowan.jpg, Mystery Mountain (left) and McGowan Peak (right) illuminated by moonlight and reflected in Stanley Lake
File:Rings in Stanley Lake at sunset - Flickr - Knowles Gallery.jpg, Mystery Mountain (left) and McGowan Peak (right) seen from Stanley Lake
References
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Mountains of Idaho
Mountains of Custer County, Idaho
North American 2000 m summits
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
Sawtooth Wilderness