{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Ross Peak | image = RossPeakBridgerRange2010.jpg | image_caption = East aspect | elevation_ft = 9008 | elevation_ref =<ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=57664|title= Ross Peak, Montana|access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 621 | prominence_ref =<ref name=pb/> | isolation_mi = 1.54 | isolation_ref =<ref name=pb/> | parent_peak = Sacagawea Peak<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/25489|title=Ross Peak - 9,004' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> | etymology = Melvin Ross Sr. | part_type = Protected area | part = Gallatin National Forest | country = United States | state = Montana | region = Gallatin | region_type = County | map = USA Montana#USA | map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States | range = Bridger Range<br />Rocky Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|45.8585349|N|110.9560432|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=806235|name=Ross Peak|access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Saddle Peak'' | age = Mississippian | rock = Limestone<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cwKsRpQPgUYC&dq=ross+peak+bridger&pg=RA10-PA94 ''Final Environmental Impact Statement: Gallatin National Forest''], U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1987, p C-94.</ref> of Madison Group<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/bul/611/sec16.htm ''Geological Survey Bulletin 611''], USGS, Retrieved 2024-07-25.</ref> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Ross Peak''' is a {{convert|9008|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
==Description== Ross Peak is the fourth-highest peak in the Bridger Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.<ref name=pb/><ref>Ken and Vicky Soderberg, ''Best Tent Camping: Montana: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization'', Menasha Ridge Press, 2017, {{ISBN|9781634040037}}.</ref> The peak is situated {{convert|13|mi|km}} north of Bozeman in the Gallatin National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains to Brackett Creek → Shields River → Yellowstone River, whereas the west slope drains to Ross Creek → East Gallatin River → Gallatin River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|3000.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Ross Creek in {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.<ref name=gnis/> The mountain is named for Melvin Ross Sr. who settled in the area in 1864 and placed a flag at the summit which could be seen from many miles away.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lB1PAAAAYAAJ&dq=ross+peak+montana+place+names&pg=PA633 ''History of Montana. 1739-1885''], Michael A. Leeson, Warner, Beers & Company, 1885, p. 633.</ref>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain 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 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer.
==See also== * Geology of the Rocky Mountains
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:East Face of Ross Peak.jpg|East aspect File:Ross Peak se.jpg|Southeast aspect File:BelgradeBridgers.JPG|Ross Peak to left of center, from southwest File:Funky cloud over the Bridger Range - 2013-07-02.jpg|Ross Peak to left File:Ross Peak from Sacagawea.jpg|North aspect of Ross Peak (centered) as seen from Sacagawea Peak </gallery> </div>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Ross Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5674780/United%20States/Montana/Gallatin/Ross%20Peak Weather] * [https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=QX0746 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet] * Ross Peak rock climbing: [https://www.mountainproject.com/area/107075098/ross-peak Mountainproject.com]
{{Portal bar|Geography|Geology|Mountains}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Ross Peak | North = Sacagawea Peak<br />Naya Nuki Peak | Northeast = North Fork Brackett Creek | East = Brackett Creek | Southeast = Ross Pass | South = Saddle Peak | Southwest = Ross Creek | West = Dry Canyon | Northwest = }}
Category:Mountains of Gallatin County, Montana Category:Mountains of Montana Category:Two-thousanders of the United States Category:Gallatin National Forest