{{Short description|Mountain pass in Montana, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Bishops Cap | image = Glacier NP Peak 8.jpg | image_caption = Bishops Cap along the Garden Wall | elevation_ft = 9127 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=38784|title=Bishops Cap, Montana|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 327 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb/> | isolation_mi = 0.67 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/16649|title=Bishops Cap - 9,127' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-11-05}}</ref> | parent_peak = Pollock Mountain (9,195 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | location = Flathead County /Glacier County<br/>Montana, US | map = USA Montana#USA | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States | range = Lewis Range | coordinates = {{coord|48|43|29|N|113|42|33|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=768903|name=Bishops Cap|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Logan Pass, MT'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Bishops Cap''' ({{convert|9127|ft|m|0}}) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.<ref name=topo>{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Logan Pass, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.72470&lon=-113.70928&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref> Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear. The name Bishops Cap is descriptive only. The name has no known origin.<ref>{{cite book|last= Holterman|first=Jack|title=Place Names of Glacier National Park|publisher=Riverbend Publishing|location=Helena, MT|year=2006|isbn=1-931832-68-4|pages=34}}</ref>
== Geology == Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Bishops Cap is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian 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 rocks {{convert|3|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} thick, {{convert|50|mi|km}} wide and {{convert|160|mi|km}} long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
== Climate == According to the Köppen climate classification system, Bishops Cap is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.
== Gallery == <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Gould, Bishops Cap, Pollock.jpg|Mt. Gould (left), Bishops Cap (center), Pollock Mountain (right) from Mt. Oberlin File:Slopes Above Haystack Creek.jpg|Bishops Cap (centered) with Haystack Butte to the right, from the northwest. File:Avalanche Team skier on Haystack Butte.jpg|Bishops Cap (centered) seen from Haystack Butte </gallery> </div>
==See also== * Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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Category:Mountains of Flathead County, Montana Category:Mountains of Glacier County, Montana Category:Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.) Category:Lewis Range Category:Mountains of Montana
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