Never Laughs Mountain
Never Laughs Mountain rises to 2,320 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Ellsworth, a peak 0.9 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Never Laughs Mountain (7,641 feet (2,329 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The mountain is likely named for the Blackfeet “Kat-aiyimi”, wording for never laughs, also the band of the Piegan Blackfeet. Never Laughs Mountain is easily seen to the south of Two Medicine Lake and is .59 mi (0.95 km) NW of Mount Ellsworth.
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Wikidata Q38251591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,320 m
How to reach it
85 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Ellsworth: 0.9 mi
- Painted Tepee Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Henry: 1.8 mi
- Sinopah Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bearhead Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 1.1 mi
- Aster falls: 1.8 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 2.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.0 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 3.9 mi
- All Chief's Park: 18.6 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 18.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 23.2 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 22.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 22.3 mi
- McCarthyville: 12.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 17.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Never Laughs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNW 336° | 2,899 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Phillips | WNW 289° | 2,894 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | W 267° | 2,862 m | 3.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,856 m | 6.5 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NW 313° | 2,809 m | 5.3 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SSW 207° | 2,755 m | 2.1 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,692 m | 6.6 mi |
| Church Butte | SW 234° | 2,687 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| 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, 7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357928912
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 25 mi
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