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Mount Holmes

Mountain in Wyoming, United States

Mountain in Wyoming, United States

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nameMount Holmes
photoMorning light on Trilobite Point and Mt. Holmes (39324282472).jpg
photo_captionMorning light on Trilobite Point and Mt. Holmes
elevation_ft10,336
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locationYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
rangeGallatin Range
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topoMount Holmes
easiest_routeHike

Mount Holmes is a prominent mountain peak in Yellowstone National Park. It is the tallest mountain in the Wyoming portion of the Gallatin Range. Mount Holmes is located in the northwestern part of the park and marks the southern terminus of the Gallatin Range. It is the source of Indian Creek, a tributary of the Gardner River.

There was a historic fire watch tower near the top of Mount Holmes, before it was burned due to a lightning strike. The Bannock Trail crosses the mountains close to Mount Holmes.

History

An 1860 map by Captain William F. Raynolds showed this peak as Mount Gallatin. Prior to 1878, the peak was routinely referred to as Mount Madison because of its proximity to the Madison River. In 1878 Henry Gannett and geologist William H. Holmes, members of the third Hayden Geologic Survey, ascended the peak. Gannett named the peak Mount Holmes.

The summit of Mount Holmes can be reached via the 10.8 mi Mount Holmes-Winter Creek trail. The trailhead is located near Apollonaris Spring on the Mammoth-Norris section of the Grand Loop Road.

|File:William H Holmes c1918.gif|Mount Holmes' namesake, William H. Holmes |File:MountHolmesWinterCreekYNP1890.jpg|Mount Holmes as seen from Winter Creek, 1890 |File:MountHolmesTrilobitePointYNP1967.jpg|Mount Holmes and other peaks, 1963 |File:ViewFromMountHolmesYNPLookingEast.jpg|Looking east from summit of Mount Holmes, 1965 |File:MountHolmesYNP2009.jpg|2009 |File:MountHolmesYNP2010.jpg|Mount Holmes (center) from Madison River, October 2010

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References

  1. {{cite peakbagger
  2. {{cite gnis
  3. (2019-07-17). "Historic Mount Holmes Fire Lookout in Yellowstone Park burns down after lightning strike".
  4. Whittlesey, Lee. (1988). "Yellowstone Place Names". Montana Historical Society Press.
  5. Schneider, Bill. (2003). "Hiking Yellowstone National Park". Falcon Press.
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