Triple Divide Peak Glacier National Park

A view of triple divide peak as featured on an interpretive wayside panel.

Triple divide peak glacier national park.

The peak is a feature of glacier national park in the state of montana in the united states. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until october. Follow the class 3 ridge from triple divide pass to the summit or cross class 2 talus and slab along the southern side of the ridge to the top. Image courtesy of glacier national park.

Triple divide trail closed is a 30 2 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near east glacier park village montana that features a lake and is only recommended for very experienced adventurers. Again the trailhead to triple divide peak is located in the cut bank area of glacier national park which is found at the end of a 5 mile long gravel road. This gravel road is found on the east side of glacier park between st. Mary montana and east glacier montana along highway 89.

As shannon gets closer to triple divide pass in glacier national park triple divide peak begins to dominate the skyline to the west. Shannon standing on triple divide pass with triple divide peak behind her. Triple divide peak 8 025 feet 2 446 m is located in the lewis range part of the rocky mountains in north america. Triple divide peak in glacier national park montana is the point where two of the principal continental divides in north america converge the primary continental divide and the northern or laurentian divide.

The summit of the peak the hydrological apex of the north american continent is the point where two of the principal continental divides in north america converge the continental. Triple divide peak is on the western edge of the cut bank area of glacier national park and is most easily reached from the cut bank campground one of the more isolated yet still easily accessible campgrounds in the park see camping section for more detailed information via a very pleasant scenic seven and a half mile hike on an excellent trail which is followed. First ascent 1920 by james hutchinson and charles noble. Triple divide peak 8 020 feet left and norris mountain 8 882 feet right as seen from triple divide pass.

Triple divide peak is in the distant background between kakitos mountain on the left and norris mountain in the center. Triple divide peak is located approximately 34 miles from the trailhead at shepherd pass. The peak can be viewed from the going to the sun road in the two dog flats area on the east side of the park. From the summit water flows to the atlantic ocean the pacific ocean and hudson bay.