Red Eagle Mountain () is located in the
Lewis Range,
Glacier National Park in the
U.S. state of
Montana.
Red Eagle Mountain rises more than above
Saint Mary Lake
Saint Mary Lake is the second-largest lake in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana.
Located on the east side of the park, Going-to-the-Sun Road parallels the lake along its north shore. At an elevation of , Saint Mary Lake's wate ...
and is easily seen from the
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana. The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that trave ...
and the entrance to the park from the village of
St. Mary, Montana
St. Mary (Blackfeet: , "Holy Woman") is an unincorporated community on the western border of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation adjacent to Glacier National Park in Glacier County, Montana, United States. The village is the eastern terminus of the ...
as well as at
Rising Sun. The mountain was named according to
James Willard Schultz
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (August 26, 1859 – June 11, 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and li ...
, "by his Indian wife in 1887, for her uncle, Red Eagle, who had saved their son's life with his prayers to the Sun".
Geology
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, the peak is composed of
sedimentary rock laid down during the
Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the ...
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
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the ...
rocks thick, wide and long over younger rock of the
cretaceous period.
Climate
Based on the
Köppen climate classification, the peak 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.
Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Gallery
File:Red Eagle Mountain detail.jpg, Red Eagle Mountain detail
File:St. Mary Lake and Red Eagle Mountain.jpg, Red Eagle Mountain, north aspect from St. Mary Lake
File:Saint Mary Lake Pano-2.jpg (8644097563).jpg, Red Eagle to the left side
See also
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Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
References
Red Eagle
Red Eagle
Lewis Range
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