Mount Vaught | |
Elevation Ft: | 8854 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 1170 |
Etymology: | Lawrence O. Vaught |
Location: | Flathead County, Montana, U.S. |
Map: | Montana#USA |
Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 48.6808°N -113.8739°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Topo: | USGS Mount Cannon, MT |
Easiest Route: | Scramble |
Mount Vaught (8854feet) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] Mount Vaught is just over 2miles SSW of Heavens Peak. The mountain is named for Lawrence O. Vaught, a lawyer from Jacksonville, Illinois, who spent many of his summers in Glacier Park and corresponded with George Bird Grinnell, who named many of the features in the park.[4]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, the peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.