Ojibway Peak is a mountain summit located on the border shared by

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and Sanders counties in

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Description

Ojibway Peak is located south of Libby, Montana, in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, on land managed by

Kaniksu National Forest The Kaniksu National Forest (pronounced "Kuh-NICK-su") is a U.S. National Forest located in northeastern Washington, the Idaho Panhandle, and northwestern Montana. It is one of three forests that are aggregated into the Idaho Panhandle National ...

and Kootenai National Forest. It is set west of the Continental Divide in the

Cabinet Mountains The Cabinet Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains, located in northwest Montana and the Idaho panhandle, in the United States. The mountains cover an area of 2,134 square miles (5,527 km2). The Cabinet Mountains lie south of the Purcell M ...

which are 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 ...

. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains into Libby Creek which is a tributary of the Kootenai River, whereas the west slope drains into Rock Creek which is a tributary of the Clark Fork River.

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is significant as the summit rises over above Rock Creek in one mile (1.6 km) and above Rock Lake in 0.6 mile (1 km). The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1923 by the

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and the name is a Native American word.''Decisions of the United States Geographic Board''
U.S. Government Printing Office, (1923), p. 21. Cabinet Mountains

Climate

Based on the

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, Ojibway Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and cool to mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

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External links

* Ojibway Peak
weather forecast
* Ojibway Peak (photo)
Flickr
* Ojibway Peak rock climbing
Mountainproject.com
{{Geographic Location 2 , Center = Ojibway Peak , North = Elephant Peak , Northeast = Libby Creek , East = Twin Peaks , Southeast = Flat Top Mountain , South = Engle Peak , Southwest = Rock Creek , West = Rock Peak , Northwest = Saint Paul Peak Rocky Mountains Mountains of Sanders County, Montana Mountains of Lincoln County, Montana Mountains of Montana North American 2000 m summits Kootenai National Forest

Description

Climate

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