{{Short description|Mountain summit in Montana, USA}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Spot Mountain | image = Spot Mountain, Glacier National Park.jpg | image_caption = East aspect | elevation_ft = 7831 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=50341|title=Spot Mountain, Montana|accessdate=2021-09-29}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 111 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb/> | isolation_mi = 0.94 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/26782|title=Spot Mountain - 7,831' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-09-29}}</ref> | parent_peak = Peak 8140<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = | location = Glacier National Park<br />Glacier County, Montana, U.S. | map = USA Montana#USA | map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States | range = Lewis Range<br />Rocky Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|48.53366694|N|113.35574999|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=776941|name=Spot Mountain|accessdate=2021-09-29}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Kiowa'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Spot Mountain''' is a {{convert|7,831|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, in Glacier County, Montana, United States.<ref name=gnis/> It is situated in the Lewis Range, nine miles northwest of East Glacier Park Village, and approximately five miles east of the Continental Divide. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Cut Bank Creek and Two Medicine River, which merge to form the Marias River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises nearly {{convert|3,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Lower Two Medicine Lake in two miles. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.<ref name="gnis"/>
== Geology == The mountains in Glacier National Park are 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 journal|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias|author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
== Climate == According to the Köppen climate classification system, Spot 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 −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:Spot Mountain from Scenic Point.jpg|Spot Mountain seen from Scenic Point File:Eastern lobe of Spot Mountain.jpg|Eastern lobe of Spot Mountain File:Alpine Hiker on Spot Mountain.jpg|Hiker on Spot Mountain File:4449 10 17 2009x3 033x - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg|Spot Mountain seen with Two Medicine River train trestle </gallery></div>
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Mountains|Montana}}}} * Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.) * Geology of the Rocky Mountains
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== External links == * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5679602/United%20States/Montana/Glacier/Spot%20Mountain Spot Mountain] {{Geographic Location | Center = Spot Mountain | North = Mad Wolf Mountain | Northeast = South Fork Cut Bank Creek | East = Blackfeet Indian Reservation | Southeast = Lower Two Medicine Lake | South = Scenic Point | Southwest = Rising Wolf Mountain | West = Red Mountain | Northwest = Eagle Plume Mountain }}
Category:Mountains of Glacier County, Montana Category:Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.) Category:Lewis Range Category:Mountains of Montana Category:Two-thousanders of the United States