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That's Going to the Sun Mountain which ascends 4200 feet from Baring Creek which we will hike across in a little bit.
"GOING-TO-THE-SUN MOUNTAIN - The mountain was named by James Willard Schultz for what he claimed was an old Indian legend, in which Napi, the Old Man, came down from his home in the sun to help his people, the Blackfeet, out of their difficulties. When his work was done, he returned to his home in the sun, up the slopes of this mountain. This legend however, was probably invented by the white men, and may have originated within Schultz, who was not above flowering up his stories to make them have more reader appeal." This is located at: Historic Place Names James Willard Schultz was a writer for "Forest and Stream", a popular outdoor magazine in the late 1800's. George Bird Grinnell was the editor for this magazine and one of the pioneers intensely involved in establishing Glacier National Park. Also, it turns out that the Blackfeet had another name for the mountain already and the newcomers to the area goofed it up: "MATAHPI PEAK - The name, meaning "Face Mountain," was the old Blackfeet name for Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, because of the snow field that resembles the head of an Indian Chief near the eastern summit of the latter peak, when viewed from the east at certain times of the year. The name was erroneously applied by white men to the small peak immediately north of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain."
"GOING-TO-THE-SUN MOUNTAIN - The mountain was named by James Willard Schultz for what he claimed was an old Indian legend, in which Napi, the Old Man, came down from his home in the sun to help his people, the Blackfeet, out of their difficulties. When his work was done, he returned to his home in the sun, up the slopes of this mountain. This legend however, was probably invented by the white men, and may have originated within Schultz, who was not above flowering up his stories to make them have more reader appeal." This is located at: Historic Place Names James Willard Schultz was a writer for "Forest and Stream", a popular outdoor magazine in the late 1800's. George Bird Grinnell was the editor for this magazine and one of the pioneers intensely involved in establishing Glacier National Park. Also, it turns out that the Blackfeet had another name for the mountain already and the newcomers to the area goofed it up: "MATAHPI PEAK - The name, meaning "Face Mountain," was the old Blackfeet name for Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, because of the snow field that resembles the head of an Indian Chief near the eastern summit of the latter peak, when viewed from the east at certain times of the year. The name was erroneously applied by white men to the small peak immediately north of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain."