Kintla Peak
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Kintla Peak rises to 3,079 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinnerly Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Kintla Peak (10,106 ft (3,080 m)) is a pyramidal peak in the Livingston Range of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the tallest mountain in the Livingston Range and the third-tallest in the park. It is also the most northerly peak and land area in the contiguous United States above 10,000 ft (3,000 m). The Agassiz Glacier lies below it to the southeast. Kintla Peak consists of ancient Precambrian (Mesoproterozoic) rock strata that are part of the Belt Supergroup. It is named after the Kintla Lakes, and the word "Kintla" originates from the Kootenai word for "sack". Kootenai legend states that a man had apparently drowned in one of the lakes and likened the lake to a sack where "once you got in, you couldn't get out". Kintla Peak lies the remote northwest corner of the park and a hike of almost 15 miles (24 km) from the nearest road is required just to reach the base of the mountain. The peak is notable for its large rise above local terrain; the elevation of nearby Upper Kintla Lake is only 4,370 feet (1,330 m). (Kintla Peak's northern neighbor Kinnerly Peak has an even more dramatic drop to Upper Kintla Lake.) This helps make Kintla "the most arduous climb in the northwest section of the park". The standard route is the Southeast Ridge Route, from the Agassiz Glacier basin. This route has a long approach and a large total vertical gain, and involves rock scrambling up to Class 4, in addition to some climbing on snow, depending on the season. Other routes include the East Ridge, West Face, and Upper North Face routes.
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Wikidata Q8521869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3079 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kinnerly Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Peabody: 1.7 mi
- Reuter Peak: 2.6 mi
- Numa Peak: 2.8 mi
- Gardner Point: 3.0 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 4.9 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 6.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.4 mi
- Atsina Falls: 15.3 mi
- Paiota Falls: 15.4 mi
- The Hawksbill: 7.0 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 9.4 mi
- The Coal Banks: 18.0 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 19.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 22.9 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 21.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Kintla Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | E 95° | 3,190 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ESE 106° | 3,054 m | 18.2 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NNE 17° | 3,032 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Carter | SE 130° | 3,000 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SE 143° | 2,988 m | 5.6 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NNW 336° | 2,959 m | 4.0 mi |
| Vulture Peak | SE 138° | 2,937 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | ESE 110° | 2,913 m | 18.6 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 | 17:43 |
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 773070 — Kintla Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357927712
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- Glacier National Park · 25 mi
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