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Cataract Mountain

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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
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periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the
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rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the
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North aspect centered, with Piegan Mountain upper right. Viewed from Grinnell Glacier Trail.
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Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
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Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, it is composed of
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Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007).
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
48°43′29″N 113°40′55″W / 48.72472°N 113.68194°W / 48.72472; -113.68194
Cataract Mountain is located in Montana
Cataract Mountain is located in the United States
Glacier County, Montana
U.S.
Parent range
Lewis Range
Topo map
USGS
First ascent
Easiest route
class 3
Lewis Range
Glacier National Park
U.S. state
Montana
Piegan Mountain
Mount Siyeh
Köppen climate classification
subarctic climate

sedimentary rock
Precambrian
Jurassic
Lewis Overthrust
precambrian

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