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Mount Jumbo
Mount Jumbo (Salishan languages, Salish: ''Sin Min Koos'', meaning "obstacle" or "thing in the way"), also called Mount Loyola by some locals, is a mountain that overlooks the city of Missoula, Montana, Missoula in the U.S. state of Montana. The mountain is northeast of the city's downtown and, in its majority, is publicly owned. In 1996, Jumbo was purchased from private landowners and protected from development. Funding for this purchase came from an open space bond, federal and non-profit agencies and thousands of local contributors. Additional land parcels have been purchased since then, increasing the easement to . Natural History Glacial Lake Missoula Between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago, Glacial Lake Missoula formed when an ice sheet blocked the Clark Fork River, damming up the river's water back into the valleys of western Montana. The dam would periodically burst causing a flood of water to rush across Idaho, Washington (U.S. state), Washington and Oregon to the Pacific Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattlesnake Mountains
The Rattlesnake Mountains are a prominent mountain range located just 4 miles north of Missoula, Montana, United States, USA. The highest point in the range is McLeod Peak, (). Much of the range is protected in the Rattlesnake Wilderness and Rattlesnake National Recreation Area on the Lolo National Forest. An additional of the range are protected on the Flathead Indian Reservation as the South Fork Tribal Primitive Area; this area is off-limits to non-tribal members. Including the Tribal Primitive Area, then, about of the Rattlesnakes are roadless. Over 30 high mountain lakes grace the range, and subalpine spruce-fir forests give way at lower elevations to groves of ponderosa pine and douglas fir. Lodgepole pine and western larch are abundant. Wildlife includes American black bear, black bear, mountain lions, and some mountain goats. Grizzly bear and gray wolf are sporadic visitors. Only a single dirt road separates the Rattlesnake Mountains from the Mission Mountains to the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
