Rising Wolf Mountain
Rising Wolf Mountain rises to 2,899 m in Montana. Mount Phillips stands 2,894 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Rising Wolf Mountain - Mah-kwi-i-po-ats-ists (Wolf Rising Mountain), (9,513 feet (2,900 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the southeastern section of the park and rises dramatically above the Two Medicine region and more than 4,450 ft (1,360 m) above Two Medicine Lake immediately to the south. The Blackfeet consider the Two Medicine region of the park to be sacred ground and their name for the peak, "Mah-kwi-i-po-ats-sin", meaning, The way the wolf gets up, was later translated to the current name of the mountain. Rising Wolf Mountain was named after Hugh Monroe, a fur trader who lived with the Pikunis and gave him the name Rising Wolf. After his death, his close friend and author James Willard Schultz named the peak after Monroe.
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Wikidata Q7336190, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,899 m
How to reach it
98 named places within 25 miles
- Pumpelly Pillar: 2.1 mi
- Sinopah Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Flinsch Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Helen: 2.7 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.4 mi
- Aster falls: 2.5 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 2.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 3.0 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 3.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 18.5 mi
- Beaver Slide: 18.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 23.4 mi
- Grinnell Point: 23.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 24.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 18.9 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 19.1 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 13.9 mi
- McCarthyville: 15.7 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 18.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rising Wolf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Phillips | WSW 256° | 2,894 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSW 204° | 2,862 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount James | NNW 330° | 2,857 m | 7.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 352° | 2,856 m | 2.8 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | W 274° | 2,809 m | 2.3 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | S 173° | 2,755 m | 5.4 mi |
| Norris Mountain | NW 316° | 2,716 m | 7.8 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | SW 220° | 2,692 m | 7.3 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 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 16:41 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 775784 — Rising Wolf Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357929987
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- Glacier National Park · 21 mi
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