Kinnerly Peak
Kinnerly Peak rises to 3,032 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kintla Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Kinnerly Peak (9,949 ft (3,032 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Kintla Peak, the highest peak in the Livingston Range, and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Canada–United States border. Both peaks are in the remote northwest corner of the park. Kinnerly Peak is the eighth tallest peak in Glacier National Park. Kinnerly Peak is notable for its huge north face, which rises steeply from Upper Kintla Lake. From the lake to the summit is an elevation gain of 5,573 feet (1,699 m) in approximately a horizontal 1 mile (1.6 km). The first recorded ascent of Kinnerly Peak was made by a Sierra Club party led by the noted mountaineer Norman Clyde, in 1937. The standard climbing route ascends the northwest face, starting from the south shore of Upper Kintla Lake. It involves a large amount of elevation gain, mostly by scrambling, but with some exposed and mildly technical sections (Class 4 or easy Class 5). Other routes exist on the southeast and southwest faces.
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Wikidata Q6414077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,032 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kintla Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Peabody: 2.1 mi
- Gardner Point: 2.3 mi
- Boulder Peak: 3.4 mi
- Parke Peak: 3.4 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 4.4 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 6.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.1 mi
- Atsina Falls: 15.4 mi
- Paiota Falls: 15.5 mi
- The Hawksbill: 6.8 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 9.9 mi
- The Coal Banks: 18.9 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 18.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 23.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 22.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Kinnerly Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | E 98° | 3,190 m | 14.6 mi |
| Kintla Peak | SSW 197° | 3,079 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ESE 109° | 3,054 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Carter | SE 138° | 3,000 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SSE 150° | 2,988 m | 6.2 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NW 326° | 2,959 m | 3.4 mi |
| Vulture Peak | SE 142° | 2,937 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | ESE 113° | 2,913 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:55 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:29 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 773061 — Kinnerly Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357927707
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- Glacier National Park · 26 mi
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