1968 Map of Morningstar Mountain

About this map

The Continental Divide serves as the central spine of this Montana high-country survey, marking the jagged boundary between the Lewis and Clark National Forest and the Flathead National Forest. This high-altitude wilderness, largely preserved within the Bob Marshall Wilderness, is defined by a series of prominent peaks and high-mountain passes. Travelers and surveyors of the era traversed the area via the Muskrat Creek Trail, crossing from the eastern slopes at Muskrat Pass toward the drainage of Muskrat Creek. Named peaks such as Spotted Eagle Mountain, Curly Bear Mountain, and Morningstar Mountain tower over the headwaters of Badger Creek and Birch Creek, illustrating the complex water-shedding topography of the northern Rockies before the establishment of modern infrastructure.