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1996 Map of Mount Wood

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Mount Wood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

The high alpine terrain of Stillwater County is defined here by the massive peaks and glacial basins of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. At the heart of the sheet, Mount Wood and Mount Hague dominate the skyline, overlooking a series of high-altitude lakes including Woodbine Lake, Lake Wilderness, and Chrome Lake. The presence of a Mine Shaft north of the wilderness boundary near Golf Course Creek points to the area's history of mineral exploration, while the expansive Stillwater Plateau provides a level break in the otherwise vertical landscape.

Water flows from the melting snowfields into the headwaters of Fishtail Creek and Woodbine Creek, which carve deep drainage patterns through the Custer National Forest. These remote basins, such as those holding Rainbow Lake and Ram Lake, were mapped with precision during this late-twentieth-century revision, documenting the complex topography between Pyramid Mountain and the First Standard Parallel South.