Ice Mountain (Colorado)

Ice Mountain
North aspect of Ice Mountain (center)
Highest point
Elevation13,958 ft (4,254 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,011 ft (308 m)[2]
Parent peakHuron Peak[2]
Isolation2.11 mi (3.40 km)[2]
Coordinates38°54′52″N 106°26′14″W / 38.9144382°N 106.4372486°W / 38.9144382; -106.4372486[3]
Geography
Ice Mountain is located in Colorado
Ice Mountain
Ice Mountain
LocationChaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Winfield, Colorado[3]

Ice Mountain is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot (4,254 m) thirteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, 17.1 miles (27.5 km) west-northwest (bearing 290°) of the Town of Buena Vista, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.[1][2][3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Ice Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

See also

Northeast aspect

References

  1. ^ a b The elevation of Ice Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.036 m (+6.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ice Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ice Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

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