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Vulture Peak  Montana . Value: 13
Height: 2937 m (9636 ft) Prominence?: 700 m  
Line Parent?: Rainbow Peak(7 km away, at bearing 311 degrees)
Location: 48:50:14-114:01:26   48.83720-114.02390   11U 718375 5413630 (25 km S of Waterton).
Name Status: Official
Ranges: Rocky Mountains / US Rockies / Montana Rockies / Livingstone Range
Regions: US Rockies / Northern US Rockies / Northernmost US Rockies / Kintla

This peak is #88 in Prominence List for Montana . A large mountain located between the headwaters of Quartz and Logging Creeks, just W of the Continental Divide. The Vulture Glacier lies in the basin below the S face and is one of the larger ones in Glacier National Park. The Two Ocean Glacier lies below the N face and feeds into Gyrfalcon Lake.

Carnelian Cliff is the official name for the lower portion of the steep N face.

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