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Gilpin Peak

Coordinates: 37°59′12″N 107°47′35″W / 37.9866601°N 107.7931174°W / 37.9866601; -107.7931174
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Gilpin Peak
Gilpin Peak and Wright Lake
Highest point
Elevation13,700 ft (4,176 m)[1][2]
Prominence720 ft (219 m)[2]
Parent peakMount Sneffels[2]
Isolation1.20 mi (1.93 km)[2]
Coordinates37°59′12″N 107°47′35″W / 37.9866601°N 107.7931174°W / 37.9866601; -107.7931174[3]
Naming
EtymologyWilliam Gilpin
Geography
Gilpin Peak is located in Colorado
Gilpin Peak
Gilpin Peak
LocationOuray and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeSan Juan Mountains,
Sneffels Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Grays Peak, Colorado[3]

Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot (4,176 m) thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northeast (bearing 23°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County.[1][2][3] Gilpin Peak was named in honor of William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado.[4]

Gilpin Peak seen from summit of Mt. Sneffels

Climate

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According to the Köppen climate classification system, Gilpin Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the San Miguel and the Uncompahgre Rivers.

Mt. Emma (left) and Gilpin Peak (right)

See also

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Gilpin Peak, NNE aspect

References

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  1. ^ a b The elevation of Gilpin Peak includes an adjustment of +1.859 m (+6.10 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Gilpin Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Gilpin Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 138.
  5. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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