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The Cabinet Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains, located in northwest Montana and the Idaho panhandle, in the United States. The mountains cover an area of 2,134 square miles (5,527 km2). The Cabinet Mountains lie south of the Purcell Mountains, between the Kootenai River and Clark Fork River and Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille. The Cabinet Mountains lie to the east of the Purcell Trench. The Cabinet Mountains form the north side of the Clark Fork River valley in Idaho and Montana. The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness is located east of the Bull River near Noxon, Montana in roughly the center of the range.

Cabinet Mountains
Snowshoe Peak, highest point in the Cabinet Mountains
Highest point
PeakSnowshoe Peak
Elevation8,738 ft (2,663 m)[1]
Coordinates48°13′N 115°41′W
Dimensions
Area2,134 sq mi (5,530 km2)[1]
Geography
CountryUnited States
StatesIdaho and Montana
Parent rangeRocky Mountains

The highest peaks are Snowshoe Peak (8,738 ft, 2,663 m),[2] A Peak (8,634 ft, 2,632 m),[2] Bockman Peak (8,174 ft, 2,491 m),[2] and Elephant Peak (7,938 ft, 2,433 m).[2] Although of lower altitude than many Rocky Mountain peaks to the east in Montana, the Cabinet Mountains offer a stark contrast as the surrounding river valleys are at such relative low altitude.

The Cabinets are noted, along with the nearby Selkirk Mountains to the west, as being some of the most "wild" mountains left in the contiguous United States. They are home to mule deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, black bear, grizzly bear, wolverine, wolves and many smaller species.[3]

The Cabinet Mountain geology is also believed to be potentially rich in minerals.[4][5]

In 1916, Congress considered a bill to create a Cabinet National Park. The idea was proposed again in 1933 but was ultimately rejected because the National Park Service director deemed the mountains to lack national significance.[6]


Landscape


Panorama of the Cabinet Mountains south of Libby, Montana.

See also



Notes


  1. "Cabinet Mountains". Peakbagger.com., Peakbagger.com
  2. United States Forest Service. Kootenai and East Half Kaniksu National Forests[map]. 1:126,720. United States Forest Service, 2004.
  3. "Cabinet Mountains Wilderness". Montana Office of Tourism. Archived from the original on 2002-11-09. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  4. "U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse".
  5. Mineral resources of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Lincoln and Sanders counties, Montana 1981, U. S. Geological Survey; U. S. Bureau of Mines. USGS Bulletin: 1501
  6. Dilsaver, Lary M.; Wyckoff, William (Autumn 2009). "Failed National Parks in the Last Best Place". Montana The Magazine of Western History. 59 (3): 6–7. JSTOR 40543651. Retrieved 9 February 2021.


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Die Cabinet Mountains („Kabinett-Berge“) sind eine Bergkette, die sich etwa 80 mi (129 km) entlang einer Nordwest-Südost-Achse Montanas erstreckt und bis in das Idaho Panhandle hineinragt. Sie sind ein Teil der Rocky Mountains und verlaufen im Westen nahe der Staatsgrenze zu Idaho. Teile des Kootenai National Forest und Lolo National Forest erstrecken sich über das Gebirge. Im Süden werden die Cabinet Mountains vom Clark Fork River, im Osten und Nordosten vom Thompson River, vom Oberlauf des Fisher River, vom Libby Creek und vom Kootenay River abgegrenzt. Der U.S. Highway 2 verläuft entlang der Ostgrenze von den Thompson Lakes zum Kootenay River.
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