Caribou Mountain is a mountain summit in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States.
Caribou Mountain is the highest peak in the Caribou Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. The remote mountain is set 40 miles southeast of Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the CaribouâÂÂTarghee National Forest, and can be seen to the east of Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises above Grays Lake in four miles. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Snake River watershed. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Caribou Mountain has an alpine subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild to warm summers. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 ðF with wind chill factors below âÂÂ20 ðF.