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Mount Morrison (Idaho)

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is significant as the summit rises 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) above Thousand Springs Valley in 2.5 miles. This landform's unofficial toponym honors Lee Morrison, USGS topographer who mapped much of Idaho from 1924 through 1935. His calculations in 1929 discovered that an unnamed peak (which would
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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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Geologic Field Trips to the Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Terranes of the U.S. Cordillera
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Lost River Range. Borah Peak centered, Mount Morrison furthest to right, with Mount Idaho between those two.
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Mount Morrison ranks as the 56th-highest peak in Idaho and is part of the
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is an 11,367-foot elevation (3,465 m) mountain
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Evans (2011), 404:, 1.2 mile east-northeast, and 207:Mount Morrison (the United States) 14: 694:Mountains of Custer County, Idaho 615:Mount Morrison, Climbingidaho.com 503:Northeast aspect from Borah Peak 496: 484: 472: 452: 193: 186: 160: 153: 27: 447:List of mountain peaks of Idaho 704:Salmon-Challis National Forest 391:Salmon–Challis National Forest 225:Salmon–Challis National Forest 16:Mountain in the state of Idaho 1: 699:North American 3000 m summits 552:"Mount Morrison - 11,367' ID" 431:Köppen climate classification 210:Show map of the United States 49:11,367 ft (3,465 m) 83:1.20 mi (1.93 km) 720: 397:2.6 miles southeast, 385:which is a subset of the 146: 26: 235:United States of America 111:44.101217°N 113.800733°W 59:627 ft (191 m) 667:Idaho: A Climbing Guide 659:Idaho: A Climbing Guide 628:Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci 531:Idaho: A Climbing Guide 116:44.101217; -113.800733 459:Mountains portal 393:. 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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Idaho
Isolation
Coordinates
44°06′04″N 113°48′03″W / 44.101217°N 113.800733°W / 44.101217; -113.800733
Etymology
Mount Morrison is located in Idaho
Mount Morrison is located in the United States
Salmon–Challis National Forest
United States of America
Idaho
Custer
Parent range
Lost River Range
Rocky Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Mississippian
Mountain type
Fault block
Type of rock
Limestone
Easiest route
class 3
scrambling
summit

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