Little Chief Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 9,546 ft (2,910 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,781 ft (543 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Blackfoot Mountain[1] |
Listing | Mountains in Glacier County, Montana |
Coordinates | 48°38′41″N 113°35′42″W / 48.64472°N 113.59500°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
Parent range | Lewis Range |
Topo map(s) | USGS Rising Sun, MT |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1894 (Henry L. Stimson)[1] |
Little Chief Mountain (9,546 feet (2,910 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1][3] Little Chief Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, rising to the south of Saint Mary Lake. Little Chief Mountain was named in 1887 by George Bird Grinnell for his friend, Frank North, U.S. Army.[4] "Little Chief" was his Pawnee name, given to him by his Pawnee Scouts.