{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Gardner Point | image = Gardner Point, Glacier National Park.jpg | image_caption = West aspect, view from Kintla Lake | elevation_ft = 7405 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=50317|title=Gardner Pt, Montana|access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 245 | prominence_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/27409|title=Gardner Point - 7,405' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref> | isolation_mi = 1.07 | isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | parent_peak = Peak 8201<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = | country = United States | state = Montana | region = Flathead | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = Glacier National Park | map = Montana#USA | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States | label_position = bottom | range = Livingston Range | coordinates = {{coord|48.9770088|N|114.1276632|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=771708|name=Gardner Point|access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Kintla Peak'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Gardner Point''' is a {{convert|7405|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Flathead County, Montana.
==Description== Gardner Point is located in the northwest corner of Glacier National Park. It is set in the Livingston Range, {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} west of the Continental Divide and 1.5 mile (2.4 km) south of the Canada–United States border.<ref name=pb/> Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Kintla Creek which is a tributary of the North Fork Flathead River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over {{convert|3000|ft|m}} above the eastern end of Upper Kintla Lake in 0.6 mile (1 km). Access to the mountain is via the Boulder Pass Trail which traverses the west slope of the peak. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 6, 1929, by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.<ref name="gnis"/>
==Climate==
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Gardner Point is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access = free }}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
==Geology==
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Gardner Point 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>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Etymology== George Clinton Gardner (1834–1904) was a surveyor with the International Boundary Survey Commission which surveyed this area.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/noca/hrs/sec1.htm "Early Impressions: Euro-American Explorations and Surveys"], National Park Service</ref> Other nearby landforms near the border in Glacier Park that are also named after members of this boundary survey crew include Mount Custer (Henry Custer), Campbell Mountain (Archibald Campbell), Kinnerly Peak (Caleb B. R. Kennerly), Parke Peak (John Parke), Mount Peabody (R. V. Peabody), Herbst Glacier (Francis Herbst), and Harris Glacier (Joseph Smith Harris).
==See also== * List of mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.) * Geology of the Rocky Mountains * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * National Park Service web site: [https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm Glacier National Park] * Gardner Point: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5653751/United%20States/Montana/Flathead/Gardner%20Point weather forecast]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Gardner Point | North = Canada–United States border | Northeast = Akamina Ridge | East = Mount Custer | Southeast = Boulder Peak | South = Mount Peabody | Southwest = Kinnerly Peak | West = Upper Kintla Lake | Northwest = Long Knife Peak }}
Category:Livingston Range Category:Mountains of Flathead County, Montana Category:Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.) Category:Mountains of Montana Category:Two-thousanders of the United States