Mount Eolus

Mount Eolus

Mount Eolus
Highest point
Elevation 14,090. ft (4,295 m) [1][2]
Prominence 1,024 ft (312 m) [2]
Isolation 1.69 mi (2.72 km) [2]
Listing Colorado fourteeners 33rd
Coordinates 37°37′18″N 107°37′22″W / 37.621778°N 107.622693°W / 37.621778; -107.622693Coordinates: 37°37′18″N 107°37′22″W / 37.621778°N 107.622693°W / 37.621778; -107.622693 [3]
Geography
Mount Eolus

Colorado

Location La Plata County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range San Juan Mountains,
Needle Mountains[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Columbine Pass, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble (Class 3)

Mount Eolus is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,090-foot (4,295 m) fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.4 miles (44.1 km) northeast by north (bearing 29°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874 Hayden Survey.[4] The current spelling of "Eolus" was first used in the 1878 Wheeler Survey.[5]

Climbing

Mount Eolus is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the others are Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak. All three peaks are located around the cirque known as Upper Chicago Basin. Eolus lies to the west of the upper basin, while the other peaks lie on the east side. These peaks are among the most remote of the fourteeners and have a strong wilderness character.

North Eolus, elevation 14,045 ft (4,281 m), is a northern subpeak of Mount Eolus, which is not usually counted as a separate peak or as an official fourteener, since it has a topographic prominence of only 179 ft (55 m).[6] However it is sometimes climbed in conjunction with Eolus.[7]

Elevation

Mount Eolus may be higher than Windom Peak. If this is the case, Mount Eolus would be the highest summit of the Needle Mountains, La Plata County, and the entire San Juan River drainage basin.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Eolus includes an adjustment of +1.756 m (+5.76 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Eolus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Eolus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dziezynski, James (1 August 2012). Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet. Wilderness Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3.
  5. ↑ Bright, William (1993). Colorado Place Names. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books. ISBN 1-55566-102-5.
  6. ↑ "North Eolus, Colorado". Summits of the World. peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-2-6.

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