Mount Wilbur
Mount Wilbur rises to 2,838 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the north-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Iceberg Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Wilbur (9,326 feet (2,843 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Plainly visible from the region of Many Glacier, the peak rises over 4,500 feet (1,372 m) above Swiftcurrent Lake and is a steep pyramid on three sides. The west slopes of the peak join to ridges along the continental divide. Much of the climbing routes are rated at class 4 to 5, with some only used once. The sedimentary rock of the mountains makes for often poor anchoring points and enhances the difficulty. A cirque on the north slopes of the mountain shelters Iceberg Lake, a popular hiking destination from Many Glacier. The mountain was named by George Bird Grinnell in 1885, for Edward R. Wilbur of New York, one of Grinnell's partners in the Forest and Stream Publishing Company (forerunner of Field & Stream magazine), and both men were founders of the Audubon Society.
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Wikidata Q6924582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2838 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Iceberg Peak: 1.1 mi
- Swiftcurrent Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Grinnell: 2.1 mi
- Ahern Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Henkel: 2.8 mi
- Redrock Falls: 1.5 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 1.7 mi
- Grinnell Falls: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.4 mi
- Salamander Falls: 3.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 6.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 8.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 10.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 2.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 4.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 5.5 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 24.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 12.7 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Mount Wilbur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NNW 329° | 3,190 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | NNW 334° | 3,054 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SE 143° | 3,052 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | SE 138° | 2,992 m | 6.9 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,939 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NW 326° | 2,913 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSE 166° | 2,911 m | 4.5 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,892 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:53 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| 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, 15 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 778458 — Mount Wilbur, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357932244
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 9 mi
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