Mount Adams (Colorado)

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Mount Adams, Colorado

View of Mount Adams from the South.
Elevation 13,941 ft (4,249 m)[1]
Location Colorado, USA
Range Sangre de Cristo Range
Prominence 851 ft (259 m)
Coordinates 38°00′26.79″N, 105°36′17.13″W[1]
Topo map USGS Horn Peak (CO) Topo Map
Easiest route scramble Class 3

At 13,941 feet in altitude, Mount Adams is ranked as the 66th[2] highest mountain in the state of Colorado. It lies in the Sangre de Cristo Range near Challenger Point and Columbia Point, about five miles east of the town of Crestone.

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Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge (Willow Lake) or via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead).

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