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Welcome to Beautiful
Montana
 The
Bitterroot Mountains divide the state from Idaho to the west with the
southern third of the range blending into the Continental Divide. Mountain
ranges between the Bitterroots and the top of the Continental Divide
include the Cabinet Mountains, the Missions, the Garnet, Sapphire, Flint
Creek, and Pintlar ranges.
The northern section of the Divide, where the mountains give way rapidly
to prairie, is known collectively as the Rocky Mountain Front and is most
pronounced in the Lewis Range located primarily in Glacier National Park.
Due to the configuration of mountain ranges in Glacier National Park, the
Northern Divide (which begins in Alaska's Seward Peninsula) crosses this
region and turns east in Montana at Triple Divide Peak. Thus, the Waterton,
Belly, and Saint Mary rivers flow north into Alberta, Canada, joining the
Saskatchewan River and ultimately emptying into Hudson Bay. |