# Mount Bole

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{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Bole
| image = Scenic74 (38347841054).jpg
| image_caption = Northwest aspect
| elevation_ft = 10339
| elevation_ref =<ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=57681|name=Mount Bole, Montana |access-date=2024-07-27}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 659
| prominence_ref =<ref name=pb/>
| isolation_mi = 14.51
| isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/24837|title=Bole, Mount - 10,333' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-07-27}}</ref>
| parent_peak = [Electric Peak](/source/Electric_Peak_(Montana)) (10,969 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/>
| etymology = William M. Bole
| map = Montana#USA
| map_caption = Location in Montana
| map_size = 270
| label_position = top
| country = United States
| state = [Montana](/source/Montana)
| region = [Gallatin](/source/Gallatin_County%2C_Montana)
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected&nbsp;area
| part = [Gallatin National Forest](/source/Gallatin_National_Forest)
| range = [Gallatin Range](/source/Gallatin_Range)<br />[Rocky Mountains](/source/Rocky_Mountains)
| coordinates = {{coord|45.4159152|N|110.9979878|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=801836|name=Mount Bole|access-date=2024-07-27}}</ref>
| topo = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) ''Fridley Peak''
| rock =
| age =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}

'''Mount Bole''' is a {{convert|10339|ft|m|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain [summit](/source/summit) in [Gallatin County, Montana](/source/Gallatin_County%2C_Montana), United States.

==Description==

Mount Bole is located {{convert|18|mi|km}} south of [Bozeman](/source/Bozeman%2C_Montana) in the northern [Gallatin Range](/source/Gallatin_Range), which is a subrange of the [Rocky Mountains](/source/Rocky_Mountains).<ref name=pb/> It is set in the [Gallatin National Forest](/source/Gallatin_National_Forest) and the Hyalite Porcupine Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area.<ref name=pb/> The peak is the highest peak on Hyalite Ridge and it ranks as the fourth-highest peak in the Gallatin Range.<ref name=pb/> Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the [Gallatin River](/source/Gallatin_River). [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as the summit rises over {{convert|2500.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Storm Castle Creek in {{convert|0.85|mi|km}}. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names),<ref name="gnis"/> and it honors William M. Bole (1858–1932), editor and owner of the ''[Bozeman Weekly Chronicle](/source/Bozeman_Daily_Chronicle)'' (1902–1917), who owned land in the nearby [Hyalite drainage](/source/Hyalite_Reservoir) where he built a recreational cabin.<ref>[https://www.mtoutlaw.com/get-out-and-cozy-up/ Mira Brody, ''Get Out and Cozy Up''], Mountain Outlaw, mtoutlaw.com, Retrieved 2024-07-27.</ref><ref>[https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv21780 ''Bozeman Weekly Chronicle Records, 1884-1904''], Retrieved 2024-07-27.</ref>

==Climate==
Based on the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Mount Bole is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/subarctic_climate) zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and 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 0&nbsp;°F with wind chill factors below −10&nbsp;°F.

==See also==
* [Geology of the Rocky Mountains](/source/Geology_of_the_Rocky_Mountains)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5641307/United%20States/Montana/Gallatin/Mount%20Bole Mount Bole]

{{Portal bar|Geography|Geology|Mountains}}
{{Geographic Location 2
| Center    = Mount Bole
| North     = Elephant Mountain
| Northeast = Hyalite Creek
| East      = Maid of the Mist Mountain
| Southeast = Divide Peak
| South     = Storm Castle Creek
| Southwest = Storm Castle Creek
| West      = 
| Northwest = Alex Lowe Peak
}}
{{Montana highest}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bole, Mount}}
Category:Mountains of Montana
Category:Mountains of Gallatin County, Montana
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States
Category:Gallatin National Forest

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