Mount Morrison (Idaho)

Coordinates: 44°06′04″N 113°48′03″W / 44.101217°N 113.800733°W

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Mount Morrison
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	11,367 ft (3,465 m)^[1]
Prominence	627 ft (191 m)^[1]
Parent peak	Mount Idaho (12,065 ft)^[2]
Isolation	1.20 mi (1.93 km)^[2]
Coordinates	44°06′04″N 113°48′03″W / 44.101217°N 113.800733°W / 44.101217; -113.800733^[3]
Naming
Etymology	Lee Morrison
Geography
Mount Morrison Location in Idaho Show map of Idaho Mount Morrison Mount Morrison (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	Salmon–Challis National Forest
Country	United States of America
State	Idaho
County	Custer
Parent range	Lost River Range Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Elkhorn Creek
Geology
Rock age	Mississippian^[4]
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	Limestone^[4]
Climbing
Easiest route	class 3 scrambling^[2]

Mount Morrison is an 11,367-foot elevation (3,465 m) mountain summit located in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

Description

Mount Morrison ranks as the 56th-highest peak in Idaho and is part of the Lost River Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains.^[1] The mountain is set on land managed by Salmon–Challis National Forest. Neighbors include White Cap Peak 2.6 miles southeast, line parent Mount Idaho,^[2] 1.2 mile east-northeast, and Borah Peak, the highest peak in Idaho, is 2.7 miles to the north-northeast. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Big Lost River. Topographic relief 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.^[1] His calculations in 1929 discovered that an unnamed peak (which would become Borah Peak) was the highest in the state.^[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Morrison is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

Gallery

West aspect
Lost River Range. Borah Peak centered, Mount Morrison furthest to right, with Mount Idaho between those two.
Northeast aspect from Borah Peak

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Idaho: A Climbing Guide, Mount Morrison
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Morrison - 11,367' ID". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
^ "Peak 11367, Idaho". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
^ ^a ^b Jeffrey Lee, James P. Evans (2011), Geologic Field Trips to the Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Terranes of the U.S. Cordillera, Geological Society of America, p. 118
^ Mount Morrison, Climbingidaho.com
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

Mount Morrison: Idaho: A Climbing Guide
Lee Morrison: Idaho: A Climbing Guide
Mount Morrison: Climbingidaho.com

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