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Trapper Peak

Distance
1.2 mi
Vertical
3,799 ft
Summit
7,234 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

Trapper Peak is the high point of the Bitterroot Mountains at 10,157 feet, the tallest summit in the long granite spine that forms the western boundary of the Bitterroot Valley. The peak sits inside the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on the Bitterroot National Forest about ten…

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About Trapper Peak (Montana)

Trapper Peak is the highest point in the Bitterroot Mountains, part of the larger Bitterroot Range in western Montana. It rises over 6,000 feet (1,830 m) above the nearby Bitterroot Valley.

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Trapper Peak's jagged granite ridge above autumn aspens, the Pleistocene-sculpted summit that tops the entire Bitterroot Range.
Roger Peterson (USFS Northern Region) · Public domain
The twin granite summits seen from the Bitterroot Valley near Sula — bare batholith rock above subalpine conifer forest.
Roger Peterson (USFS Northern Region) · Public domain
Summer view from the Nez Perce National Historic Trail south of Darby, lingering snow on the highest cirques of Trapper Peak.
Roger Peterson (USFS Northern Region) · Public domain
Trapper Peak under heavy winter snow, the granite ridges that hide small permanent snowfields on the north side year-round.
Roger Peterson (USFS Northern Region) · Public domain

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