Mount Zirkel

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Mount Zirkel
Mount Zirkel
Colorado
Elevation 12,182 ft (3,713 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 3,460 ft (1,055 m)[2]
Location
Location Jackson/Routt counties,
Colorado, U.S.
Range Park Range
Coordinates 40°49′52″N 106°39′47″W / 40.83111°N 106.66306°W / 40.83111; -106.66306Coordinates: 40°49′52″N 106°39′47″W / 40.83111°N 106.66306°W / 40.83111; -106.66306[1]
Topo map USGS Mount Zirkel
Climbing
Easiest route hike

Mount Zirkel, elevation 12,182 ft (3,713 m), is the highest summit of the Park Range in northern Colorado. The mountain in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness of Routt National Forest northeast of Steamboat Springs was named after German geologist Ferdinand Zirkel.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mount Zirkel". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  2. ↑ "Mount Zirkel, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 

See also


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