Going to the Sun Mountain is located in Glacier National Park (US) and rises dramatically above St. Mary valley just north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Numerous Blackfeet Indian legends are credited with the origins of the mountains' name. Used by the Blackfeet as a location for vision quests, it is one of the most accessible major mountain peaks in Glacier National Park. According to several sources, the actual Blackfeet name for the mountain is The-Face-of-Sour-Spirit-Who-Went-Back-to-The-Sun-After-His-Work-Was-Done Mountain, in explanation of the snowfields on the mountainside which, as viewed from the west, make the outline of a face. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th) - Land 377,295 km² - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000) - Population 902,195 (44th) - Density 2. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Glacier National Park is a national park in Montana. ... Going-to-the-Sun Road, one lane plowed Going-to-the-Sun Road is a road going through Glacier National Park in Montana. ... Crowfoot, former Head Chief of the Blackfeet Nation The Piegan Blackfeet, (Pikuni in Blackfoot) are a tribe of Blackfoot Native Americans based in Montana. ... Disambiguation note: Vision Quest is also a 1985 wrestling movie starring Matthew Modine. ...
External links
Topozone map
Peakbaggers website
Summitpost.org
Blackfeet Indian legends about the mountain
Further reading
A Climbers Guide to Glacier National Park by J. Gordon Edwards
Road construction along the Going-to-the-Sun Road with Going to the Sun Mountain in background, 1932.
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