Scotch Bonnet Mountain is a summit in Park County, Montana, United States.
Description Scotch Bonnet Mountain is located north of Cooke City, Montana, in the Beartooth Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is set within the New World Mining District and the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains into headwaters of Fisher Creek which is a tributary of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River, whereas the north slope drains into Goose Creek which is a tributary of the nearby Stillwater River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately above Goose Creek in . The mountain's rock composition ranges from diorite to monzodiorite and is commonly propylitized.The Life Cycle of Gold Deposits Near the Northeast Corner of Yellowstone National Park—Geology, Mining History, and Fate, Bradley S. Van Gosen, 2007, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 437. The Montana Scotch Bonnet Copper and Gold Mining Company worked this area near Lulu Pass in the early 1900s and the mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.The Copper Handbook, Horace J. Stevens, 1907, p. 819.The Northwest Mining News, Northwest Mining News Company, 1909, p. 162. The area from Cooke City to Scotch Bonnet Mountain offers some of the finest backcountry snowmobiling in the country.Cooke City Winter Trail Map, 2013, US Forest Service, fs.usda.gov On January 3, 2010, two snowmobilers riding on the south face of Scotch Bonnet Mountain triggered an avalanche resulting in one fatality.Scotch Bonnet Mountain Avalanche Fatality, Doug Chabot, Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, 3 January 2010. An avalanche on the mountain killed two snowmobilers on December 27, 2021.Two killed in avalanche on Scotch Bonnet Mountain, north of Cooke City, Meridith Depping, kulr8.com, December 30, 2021.
Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Scotch Bonnet Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.
See also Geology of the Rocky Mountains
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External links Weather: Scotch Bonnet Mountain Scotch Bonnet Mountain (photo): Flickr