Sex Peak is a summit in
Sanders County, Montana, in the
United States. It is located within the
Kootenai National Forest
The Kootenai National Forest is a national forest located in the far northwestern section of Montana and the northeasternmost lands in the Idaho panhandle in the United States, along the Canada–US border. Of the administered by the forest, le ...
. It has an elevation of
A conversation between a park official and a forester about
sex
Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing animal or plant produces male or female gametes. Male plants and animals produce smaller mobile gametes (spermatozoa, sperm, pollen), while females produce larger ones (ova, oft ...
supposedly caused the name Sex Peak to be selected.
Atop Sex Peak stands the Sex Peak Lookout Station, a decommissioned
fire lookout tower
A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit of a mountain or ...
which is now available for rental for overnight recreational visits from the
United States Forest Service.
References
Mountains of Sanders County, Montana
Mountains of Montana
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