La Plata Mountains
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The La Plata Mountains are a small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado, United States. They are located on the border between Montezuma and La Plata counties, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Durango. Their name is Spanish for silver.
The peaks of the range are easily visible from U.S. Route 160, which skirts the range on the south. The La Plata River and the Mancos River have their headwaters in the range. The Colorado Trail accesses even towards the northern peaks.
The best-known peak in the La Plata Mountains is Hesperus Mountain, which is the Navajo sacred mountain of the north, and which is often listed as the high point of the range. However its near neighbor Lavender Peak may be slightly higher; see the Hesperus Mountain article for details. The five highest summits are listed below.
[edit] Five highest peaks
- Lavender Peak, 13,240 feet (4,036 m)[1]
- Hesperus Mountain, 13,232 ft (4,033 m)
- Mount Moss, 13,192 ft (4,021 m)
- Babcock Peak, 13,180 ft (4,017 m)
- Burwell Peak, 12,664 ft (3,860 m)
[edit] Note
- ^ This is an approximate, and unofficial, elevation.
[edit] References
- La Plata Mountains on peakbagger.com
- Colorado Atlas and Gazetteer (first edition), DeLorme Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-89933-206-4.
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