National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JULY 30, 1997 QW0616 *********************************************************************** QW0616 DESIGNATION - GRANITE PEAK QW0616 PID - QW0616 QW0616 STATE/COUNTY- MT/PARK QW0616 USGS QUAD - GRANITE PEAK (1986) QW0616 QW0616 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL QW0616 ___________________________________________________________________ QW0616* NAD 83(1993)- 45 09 48.33593(N) 109 48 26.84249(W) ADJUSTED QW0616* NAVD 88 - 3903.5 (meters) 12807. (feet) VERTCON QW0616 ___________________________________________________________________ QW0616 LAPLACE CORR- -2.93 (seconds) DEFLEC96 QW0616 GEOID HEIGHT- -7.70 (meters) GEOID96 QW0616 QW0616 HORZ ORDER - THIRD QW0616 QW0616 QW0616 QW0616.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods QW0616.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in January 1997. QW0616 QW0616.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to QW0616.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) QW0616 QW0616.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC96 derived deflections. QW0616 QW0616.The geoid height was determined by GEOID96. QW0616 QW0616; North East Units Scale Converg. QW0616;SPC MT - 101,573.108 575,829.399 MT 0.99990584 -0 13 29.7 QW0616;UTM 12 - 5,001,796.993 593,723.085 MT 0.99970801 +0 50 44.6 QW0616 QW0616: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az QW0616:SPC MT - ZIMMER 232 43 07.7 QW0616:UTM 12 - ZIMMER 231 38 53.4 QW0616 QW0616|---------------------------------------------------------------------| QW0616| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | QW0616| dddmmss.s | QW0616| QW0618 ZIMMER APPROX. 8.5 KM 2322938.0 | QW0616|---------------------------------------------------------------------| QW0616 QW0616 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL QW0616 QW0616 NAD 83(1986)- 45 09 48.33605(N) 109 48 26.82798(W) ADJUSTED QW0616 NAD 27 - 45 09 48.53734(N) 109 48 24.16729(W) ADJUSTED QW0616 NGVD 29 - 3901.9 (meters) 12801. (feet) VERT ANG QW0616 QW0616.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. QW0616.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. QW0616.See file format.dat to determine how the superseded data were derived. QW0616 QW0616_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK QW0616_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING QW0616_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY QW0616 QW0616 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By QW0616 HISTORY - 1953 MONUMENTED USGS QW0616 QW0616 STATION DESCRIPTION QW0616 QW0616'DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1953 QW0616'STATION LOCATED ON HIGHEST POINT OF HIGHEST PEAK IN MONTANA, QW0616'APPROXIMATELY IN CENTER OF SEC. 1, T 8 S, R 15 E. QW0616' QW0616'TO REACH FROM EAST ROSEBUD LAKE, TAKE MYSTIC LAKE TRAIL TO TOP OF QW0616'PLATEAU, LEAVE TRAIL AND WORK UP PLATEAU SW., WITH HORSES STAY TO QW0616'N. OF MAIN TOPS AND BEWARE OF BOGGY SPOTS, WORK TO POINT WHERE THE QW0616'PLATEAU RUNS PRIMARILY N-S., TURN S. AND CROSS RIDGE, GO TO BOTTOM QW0616'OF SWALE WHERE THERE IS AN AMOUNT OF RUNNING WATER, WITH AN ISOLATED QW0616'BOULDER, RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE, AND ABOUT 3 FT. ABOVE GROUND. CAMP QW0616'HERE, NO WOOD OR GRAZING ARE AVAILABLE, ABOUT A 6-1/2 HR. RIDE FROM QW0616'THE LAKE, THERE IS A SMALL TOP WHICH IS E. OF THE MAIN RIDGE, ABOUT QW0616'1500 FT. S. OF THIS POINT, ON FOOT, TRAVEL SW. STAYING ON THE N. QW0616'AND W. SIDES OF THE SMALL TOP, TO A SADDLE ON THE MAIN RIDGE N. OF QW0616'TEMPEST MT., THERE IS A TRACE OF A GAME TRAIL HERE, STARTING DOWN THE QW0616'W. FACE OF TEMPEST TOWARD THE LOW POINT (SADDLE) BETWEEN TEMPEST AND QW0616'GRANITE, YOU WILL SEE A SMALL SADDLE IN THE FIRST RIDGE TO S., GO QW0616'THROUGH THIS AND CONTINUE DOWN TO THE LOW SPOT BETWEEN THE TWO QW0616'MOUNTAINS, CROSS TO THE S. SIDE OF THIS SADDLE AND CLIMB TOWARD THE QW0616'FIRST MAJOR RIDGE COMING INTO THE MAIN RIDGE FROM THE S., ANY ROUTE QW0616'TO THIS RIDGE IS ACCEPTABLE. NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE RIDGES, CROSS QW0616'TO THE W. SIDE AND MAKE A SMALL DROP IN ELEVATION TO A SNOWBRIDGE, QW0616'CROSS THIS SNOWBRIDGE, BARE LEFT ON THE S. SIDE AND RETURN TO THE QW0616'MAIN RIDGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HERE A PASSABLE ROUTE ON THE N. FACE QW0616'SHOULD BE SEEN, FOLLOW THIS AND RETURN TO TOP OF MAIN RIDGE AT FIRST QW0616'GOOD OPPORTUNITY. BOTH OF THESE ROUTES ARE SHORT AND YOU SHOULD BE QW0616'BACK ON THE MAIN RIDGE SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE SNOWBRIDGE, CROSS QW0616'TO THE S. SIDE OF MAIN RIDGE AND WORK TO SMALL V-OPENING IN THE NEXT QW0616'MAJOR RIDGE FROM THE S., THERE IS A ROUTE DUE W. OF HERE TO A SIMILAR QW0616'V ON THE NEXT RIDGE, IT APPEARS ALMOST IN TRAIL FORM, CLIMB DOWN AND QW0616'UP INTO THIS V, YOU ARE NOW LOOKING INTO THE FINAL FACE OF THE PEAK, QW0616'THE NEXT RIDGE W., WHICH COMES IN FROM THE S., GOES TO THE TOP OF THE QW0616'PEAK, IT IS A SMOOTH FACED RIDGE WITH A SMALL CREVICE RUNNING FROM QW0616'TOP TO BOTTOM TO THE LEFT OR S. OF YOU, NEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND QW0616'THE PEAK, YOU WILL SEE A LARGE BOULDER BRIDGED ACROSS OTHERS ON THE QW0616'RIDGE, FORMING A SKYLINED HOLE UNDERNEATH, JUST LEFT OF THIS IS A QW0616'SMALL CREVICE, WORK ALONG W. ABOUT 100 FT. TO A POINT (A LEDGE) ABOUT QW0616'50 FT. FROM THE MAIN DRAIN, ON YOUR RIGHT (N.) AS YOU FACE THE PEAK, QW0616'YOU WILL NOTE A VERY NARROW LEDGE FORMED BY SEPARATION FROM THE MAIN QW0616'FACE, FOLLOW THIS LEDGE AND IT GIVES WAY TO A NARROWER ONE, CROSS THE QW0616'SECOND (BOTH LEDGES ARE ONLY 10 OR 15 FT. LONG) AND CLIMB DIRECTLY QW0616'UP THE FACE, FOLLOWING NATURAL ROUTE, TO FIRST GOOD LEDGE, TURN W. TO QW0616'CREVICE, UP THIS TO TOP OF RIDGE AND YOU ARE ABOUT 20 FT. BELOW AND QW0616'100 FT. S. OF THE TOP, THE REST IS EASY. QW0616' QW0616'STATION MARK--STANDARD ALUMINUM ALLOY TABLET, CEMENTED IN GRANITE, QW0616'STAMPED ---GRANITE PEAK 1953---. A 3 FT. CAIRN IS BUILT OVER THE QW0616'TABLET. QW0616' QW0616'REFERENCE MARKS--NONE.