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Saddle Mountain
Saddle Mountain
	Northeast aspect in winter
Highest point
Elevation	10,670 ft (3,250 m)
Prominence	1,870 ft (570 m)
Parent peak	Castor Peak (10,866 ft)
Isolation	3.99 mi (6.42 km)
Coordinates	44°42′37″N 109°59′03″W / 44.7104037°N 109.9841723°W
Geography
	Saddle Mountain Location in Wyoming Saddle Mountain Saddle Mountain (the United States)
Location	Yellowstone National Park; Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent range	Absaroka Range; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Pollux Peak

Saddle Mountain is a 10,670-foot-elevation (3,250-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States.^[3]

Description

The peak is situated in the northeast quadrant of Yellowstone National Park and is the 20th-highest peak within the park.^[4] It is part of the Absaroka Range, which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Neighbors include Little Saddle Mountain 1.5 mile to the southwest, Castor Peak 3.98 miles to the south-southeast, and Pollux Peak 4.07 miles to the southeast on the opposite side of the Lamar River Valley.^[1] Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises 2,900 feet (880 meters) above Lamar River in approximately two miles. The mountain's name, which was officially adopted in 1930 by the United States Board on Geographic Names,^[5] was in use before 1899 when Henry Gannett published it in A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States.^[6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Saddle Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Lamar River.