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Bitterroot Range

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Scott Peak (11,393 ft/3473 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Idaho (56%), Montana (41%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	15,229 sq mi / 39,443 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	307 mi / 495 km North-South 268 mi / 431 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	45° 58' N; 114° 28' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Bitterroot Range
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Bitterroot Range.

Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Parent)
Clearwater Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Bitterroot Range	Level 4
Cour d'Alene Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Saint Joe Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Northern Bitterroot Range	Level 5 (Child)
Central Bitteroot Range	Level 5 (Child)
Beaverhead Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Centennial Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Salmon River Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Sawtooth-Ketchum-Boise Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Lost River-Lemhi Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Bitterroot Range

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Scott Peak	11,393	3473	Beaverhead Mountains
2.	Peak 11292	11,292	3442	Beaverhead Mountains
3.	Webber Peak	11,284	3439	Beaverhead Mountains
4.	Eighteenmile Peak	11,125	3391	Beaverhead Mountains
5.	Cottonwood Mountain	11,024	3360	Beaverhead Mountains
6.	Italian Peak	10,998	3352	Beaverhead Mountains
7.	Garfield Mountain	10,961	3341	Beaverhead Mountains
8.	Jump Benchmark	10,941	3335	Beaverhead Mountains
9.	Baldy Mountain	10,773	3284	Beaverhead Mountains
10.	Peak 10760	10,760+	3280+	Beaverhead Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Scott Peak	11,393	3473	Beaverhead Mountains
2.	Mount Jefferson	10,203	3110	Centennial Mountains
3.	Trapper Peak	10,157	3096	Central Bitteroot Range
4.	Rhodes Peak	7930	2417	Northern Bitterroot Range
5.	Cherry Peak	7352	2241	Cour d'Alene Mountains
6.	Latour Peak	6408	1953	Saint Joe Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Bitterroot Range

Garfield Mountain Garfield towering above Sheep Creek's valley of aspens (2021-06-18). Photo by Grog Supervolcano. Click here for larger-size photo.	Homer Youngs Peak Homer Youngs Peak rises above Heart Lake (2016-07-19). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Jefferson Jefferson early-morning from Sawtell (2022-10-06). Photo by Josh Super. Click here for larger-size photo.	Trapper Peak Trapper Peak, Montana looks jagged from the valleys below, but the summit is a relatively gentle pyramid (2013-07-11). Click here for larger-size photo.
Ajax Peak Ajax Peak from Ajax Lake (2019-08-03). Photo by Eric Higginbotham. Click here for larger-size photo.	El Capitan Looking back at El Capitan from Little Rock Creek Lake. (2022-08-21). Photo by Jeff Meyer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Goat Mountain Goat Mountain as seen from Ramsey Mountain to the West (2015-08-01). Photo by Ryder Irvine. Click here for larger-size photo.	Baldy Mountain Baldy Mtn from the west. The worst part of our route is the steep slog up to the top of the table on the right (2021-07-09). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sawtell Peak Station Poontang on Sawtell Peak (2014-07-19). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.	North Trapper Peak View from Trapper peak to the NE. From right to left East Trapper, North Trapper peak, with Sugarloaf and El Capitan a few worth mentioning further north in the Bitterroot Mountains. (2020-06-01). Photo by Ross Wallette. Click here for larger-size photo.

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