Black Tooth Mountain
Black Tooth Mountain rises to 3,732 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the south, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Woolsey, a peak 0.2 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Black Tooth Mountain (13,009 feet or 3,965 metres) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the second highest in the range after Cloud Peak, which is only 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south, and the summit is located in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. The sharp dark profile of the mountain resembles a dark tooth or fang, hence the name. Because of the steep terrain, Black Tooth Mountain is one of the hardest mountains to climb in the Bighorns. Many of the trails up the mountain are unmarked which adds to the difficulty of reaching the summit. Mount Woolsey is an adjacent summit only .20 mi (0.32 km) to the southeast. Another high peak of the Bighorns known as Hallelujah Peak is situated along a knife-like ridge known as an arête .64 mi (1.03 km) to the northeast. Several tiny remnant glaciers can be found on the north slopes of Black Tooth Mountain. In 1933, the first recorded ascent was made by Warren Gorell (north face on his third attempt) as reported by W. B. Willcox, An American Tyrol, Climbs in the Bighorns 1933, published by American Alpine Club in 1934.
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Wikidata Q4922054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3732 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 18.6 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 16 mi
- Powder River Pass information sign · 18 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Woolsey: 0.2 mi
- Gargoyle: 0.4 mi
- Innominate: 0.4 mi
- Hallelujah: 0.6 mi
- Starvation Peak: 1.0 mi
- Highland Park: 4.4 mi
- Medicine Park: 4.6 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 5.0 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 6.3 mi
- Long Park: 7.9 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Ed Point: 10.9 mi
- Weston Point: 12.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 13.9 mi
- Cobra: 17.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bard Spring: 13.5 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 15.0 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 15.0 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 18.6 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 18.7 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 21.2 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 24.0 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 17.6 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 19.6 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 20.3 mi
- Shell Falls: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Black Tooth Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | S 169° | 4,017 m | 1.5 mi |
| Merlon | SSE 164° | 3,975 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | SE 138° | 3,942 m | 0.2 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SSE 152° | 3,918 m | 1.0 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SSE 151° | 3,901 m | 3.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 87° | 3,854 m | 1.4 mi |
| Innominate | SE 142° | 3,853 m | 0.4 mi |
| Hallelujah | NE 52° | 3,837 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1585628 — Black Tooth Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499529
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