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Saddle Mountain

Mountain in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Silver Gate, WY

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Saddle Mountain, a peak in the volcanic Absaroka Range, is in the northeast quadrant of Yellowstone National Park. In 1880, the park’s second superintendent, Philetus Norris, bestowed the name “Saddle Mountain” upon the peak, as its contour along the adjoining skyline bore a striking resemblance to a saddle when observed from Lamar Valley.

The photograph above shows Saddle Mountain from a Druid Peak hillside. Pollux Peak is in the background.

Saddle Mountain is on the skyline as a bull bison crests the photograph’s center ridge, Mary Meagher (NPS) photograph above.

Wolf watchers in the Lamar Valley with Saddle Mountain in the background, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Saddle Mountain in winter, viewed from the northeast in the photograph above.

Saddle Mountain is on the far left, Hague Mountain is just left of center, and Little Saddle Mountain is just right of center in the sunset photograph above.

Looking up the Lamar River and Lamar Valley near the confluence of Soda Butte Creek, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Sources

Chittenden, Hiram Martin. Yellowstone National Park. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1895. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42112/42112-h/42112-h.htm.

Norris, Philetus W. [1880] Annual Report Of The Yellowstone National Park To The Secretary Of The Interior For The Year 1880. Montana History Portal, accessed 04/12/2023, https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/104720

Whittlesey, L.H. Yellowstone Place Names. Second. Wonderland Publishing Company, 2006.