
Granite Peak, the highest point in Montana, dominates this high-elevation landscape within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The survey reveals a complex glacial environment where the Granite Glacier and Sky Top Glacier persist among sharp summits like Mt Villard and the aptly named Froze-to-Death Mtn. This area serves as a critical hydrologic divide, with waters draining through the West Rosebud Creek toward Mystic Lake and southward via Sky Top Creek.
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1898 · Granite Mountain District
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1932 · Nye No 1
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1932 · Nye No 2
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1939 · Mt Wood
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Mt. Wood
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Billings
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Emerald Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Alpine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Cooke City
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Billings
USGS Topo · 1:250,000