Sawtooth Peak is a mountain
summit
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located in
Wallowa County
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,
Oregon
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, US.
Description
Sawtooth Peak is located seven miles west-southwest of
Joseph, Oregon
Joseph is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. Originally named Silver Lake and Lake City, the city formally named itself in 1880 for Chief Joseph (1840–1904) of the Nez Perce people. The population was 1,081 at the 2010 census.
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, in the
Wallowa Mountains. It is set within the
Eagle Cap Wilderness
Eagle Cap Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon (United States), within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. on land managed by
Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.
[ The peak is situated one mile north of ]Legore Lake
LeGore Lake is a tarn located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of northeastern Oregon, United States. It is the highest true lake in Oregon at elevation. It is positioned near Twin Peaks
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and line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of ...
Twin Peaks
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. Precipitation runoff
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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Lostine River
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and Wallowa River
The Wallowa River is a tributary of the Grande Ronde River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It drains a valley on the Columbia Plateau in the northeast corner of the state north of Wallowa Mountains.
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. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Hurricane Creek in approximately two miles. The summit is composed of Columbia River basalt which overlays Mesozoic
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granite of the Wallowa Batholith. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Sawtooth Peak is located in a 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 characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild summers.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Oregon
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Sawtooth Peak
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Mountains of Oregon
Mountains of Wallowa County, Oregon
North American 2000 m summits
Wallowa–Whitman National Forest