Mount Walter (New Mexico)

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Mount Walter

Mt. Walter summit sign
Elevation 13,141 feet (4,005 metres)
Location New Mexico, USA
Range Sangre de Cristo Range
Coordinates 36°33′44″N, 105°24′50″W
Topo map USGS Wheeler Peak
First ascent unknown
Easiest route Bull-of-the-Woods Trail

Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the state of New Mexico in the United States. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 80 feet of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico. Both peaks lie in the Taos Mountains, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which is in turn a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.