Mount Adams (Colorado)

Mount Adams

View of Mount Adams from the south
Elevation 13,937 ft (4,248 m)[1][2]
Prominence 871 ft (265 m)[2]
Isolation 1.86 mi (2.99 km)[2]
Location
Mount Adams

Colorado

Location Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Range Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones[2]
Coordinates 38°00′27″N 105°36′17″W / 38.0074996°N 105.6047306°WCoordinates: 38°00′27″N 105°36′17″W / 38.0074996°N 105.6047306°W[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Horn Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble Class 3

Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,937-foot (4,248 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.[1][2][3]

Climbing

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The elevation of Mount Adams includes an adjustment of +1.821 m (+5.97 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Mount Adams, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Mount Adams". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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