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2011 Map of Trapper Peak

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Trapper Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Trapper Peak and North Trapper Peak anchor the southern reaches of this high-altitude landscape in the Bitterroot range. The terrain is defined by a dense network of alpine drainage systems, with the North Fork Trapper Creek and Little Tin Cup Creek carving deep paths through the highlands. Human modification of this wilderness is evident at several high-elevation basins where Kerlee Lake Dam and Tamarack Lake Dam regulate natural outflows.

Prominent summits like Sugarloaf Peak and the curiously named The Lonesome Bachelor rise above a series of glacial cirques containing Cave Lake, Gem Lake, and Mink Lake. This early 21st-century survey reveals a landscape of stark elevation changes, where seasonal water sources like Crow Creek and Lloyd Creek descend from the peaks toward the valley floor, illustrating the complex hydrology of Ravalli County.