Blizzard Mountain | |
Elevation Ft: | 9313 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 1933 |
Isolation Mi: | 9.27 |
Isolation Ref: | [2] |
Parent Peak: | Peak 9364 |
Map: | Idaho#USA |
Label Position: | bottom |
Map Size: | 240 |
Country: | United States of America |
State: | Idaho |
Region: | Blaine / Butte |
Region Type: | County |
Coordinates: | 43.4981°N -113.6682°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Range: | Pioneer Mountains Rocky Mountains |
Rock: | Sedimentary rock |
Age: | Mississippian |
Type: | Fault block |
Topo: | USGS Blizzard Mountain South |
Easiest Route: | hiking |
Blizzard Mountain is a 9313adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain summit located on the common border shared by Blaine County and Butte County in Idaho, United States.
Blizzard Mountain is part of the Pioneer Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains.[4] The mountain is situated immediately northwest of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, 24 miles southwest of the town of Arco, and can be seen from Highway 20. The Blizzard Mountain Ski Area is 6miles east of the summit. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3300abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Cottonwood Creek and the Snake River Plain in three miles. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3]