Scotch Bonnet Mountain

Scotch Bonnet Mountain
West aspect
Highest point
Elevation	10,385 ft (3,165 m)[1]
Prominence	511 ft (156 m)[1]
Parent peak	Sheep Mountain[2]
Isolation	1.12 mi (1.80 km)[2]
Coordinates	45°04′25″N 109°57′01″W[3]
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Park
Parent range	Beartooth Mountains Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Cooke City
Geology
Rock age	55.3 ± 0.7 million years[4]

Scotch Bonnet Mountain is a 10,385-foot (3,165-metre) summit in Park County, Montana, United States.

Description

Scotch Bonnet Mountain is located four miles (6.4 km) north of Cooke City, Montana, in the Beartooth Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.[1] It is set within the New World Mining District and the Custer-Gallatin National Forest.[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains into headwaters of Fisher Creek which is a tributary of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River, whereas the north slope drains into Goose Creek which is a tributary of the nearby Stillwater River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 1,760 feet (536 meters) above Goose Creek in 1.2 miles (1.9 km). The mountain's rock composition ranges from diorite to monzodiorite and is commonly propylitized.[4] The Montana Scotch Bonnet Copper and Gold Mining Company worked this area near Lulu Pass in the early 1900s and the mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3][5][6] The area from Cooke City to Scotch Bonnet Mountain offers some of the finest backcountry snowmobiling in the country.[7] On January 3, 2010, two snowmobilers riding on the south face of Scotch Bonnet Mountain triggered an avalanche resulting in one fatality.[8] An avalanche on the mountain killed two snowmobilers on December 27, 2021.[9]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Scotch Bonnet Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild summers.[10] Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.

See also

• Geology of the Rocky Mountains

References

1. "Scotch Bonnet Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
2. "Scotch Bonnet Mountain - 10,380' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
3. "Scotch Bonnet Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
4. The Life Cycle of Gold Deposits Near the Northeast Corner of Yellowstone National Park—Geology, Mining History, and Fate, Bradley S. Van Gosen, 2007, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 437.
5. The Copper Handbook, Horace J. Stevens, 1907, p. 819.
6. The Northwest Mining News, Northwest Mining News Company, 1909, p. 162.
7. Cooke City Winter Trail Map, 2013, US Forest Service, fs.usda.gov
8. Scotch Bonnet Mountain Avalanche Fatality, Doug Chabot, Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, 3 January 2010.
9. Two killed in avalanche on Scotch Bonnet Mountain, north of Cooke City, Meridith Depping, kulr8.com, December 30, 2021.
10. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.

External links

• Weather: Scotch Bonnet Mountain
• Scotch Bonnet Mountain (photo): Flickr