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1991 Map of Cathedral Peak

Name: 1991 Topographic Map of Cathedral Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1996
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1996

About this map

Yellowstone National Park and the North Absaroka Wilderness meet in this 1991 survey, which documents the remote alpine divide of Northwest Wyoming. The landscape is defined by the high-elevation boundary between the park and the Shoshone National Forest, marked by a series of prominent summits including Pyramid Peak, Cathedral Peak, and Silvertip Peak. These peaks form a dramatic drainage divide for numerous headwater streams, such as Mist Creek and Cold Creek flowing west into the park, while Bear Creek and Jones Creek descend eastward into the wilderness.

The Thirteenth Standard Parallel North cuts across the southern portion of the sheet, providing a baseline for the complex topography of the Absaroka Range. Features like Frost Lake and Giant Castle Mountain highlight the glacial and volcanic origins of the terrain. This map serves as a primary record of the trail-less backcountry and hydrological patterns as they were managed at the end of the twentieth century by the U.S. Forest Service.