Altyn Peak
Altyn Peak rises to 2,419 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Apikuni Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away.
The story
Altyn Peak (7,951 feet; 2,423 m) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Altyn Peak is situated just north of Swiftcurrent Lake and the Many Glacier Hotel and is easily seen from both locations. The peak is named after Dave Greenwood Altyn who was a financial backer of a local mine in the late 1800s; the mining town of Altyn was at the junction of Canyon Creek and Swiftcurrent Lake. The peak was known as Crow Feet Mountain after the last chief of the Blackfeet confederacy of tribes.
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Wikidata Q49008678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2419 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Henkel: 1.4 mi
- Apikuni Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Crowfeet Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Wynn Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 3.8 mi
- Apikuni Falls: 0.6 mi
- Swiftcurrent Falls: 0.9 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 2.6 mi
- Redrock Falls: 2.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.2 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 9.2 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 9.4 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.5 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 6.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.8 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.6 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 15.4 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Altyn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NW 312° | 3,190 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | WNW 304° | 3,054 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | S 177° | 3,052 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | S 172° | 2,992 m | 5.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | S 174° | 2,939 m | 8.5 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | WNW 294° | 2,913 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSW 209° | 2,911 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NNW 326° | 2,892 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:46 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 768227 — Altyn Peak, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357923499
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- Glacier National Park · 11 mi
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