Eagle Ribs Mountain
Eagle Ribs Mountain rises to 2,481 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Despair, a peak 0.8 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Eagle Ribs Mountain (8,295 feet (2,528 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Eagle Ribs Mountain has an adjacent peak that is unnamed and is slightly taller at 8,406 ft (2,562 m) to the southeast while to the southwest lies Mount Despair.
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Wikidata Q5325213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,481 m
How to reach it
81 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Despair: 0.8 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Chief Lodgepole Peak: 1.7 mi
- Barrier Buttes: 1.8 mi
- Painted Tepee Peak: 2.5 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 3.3 mi
- Aster falls: 4.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 6.1 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 7.0 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 22.8 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.3 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.7 mi
- McCarthyville: 9.5 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 19.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eagle Ribs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | N 0° | 2,899 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NW 315° | 2,894 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | NNW 329° | 2,862 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | W 261° | 2,857 m | 6.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 358° | 2,856 m | 8.9 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NNW 341° | 2,809 m | 6.8 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NE 39° | 2,755 m | 1.1 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | W 277° | 2,692 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357925844
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 25 mi
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