geo.wikisort.org - MountainsDallas Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,815-foot (4,211 m) thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north by west (bearing 354°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray and San Miguel counties.[1][2][3]
Etymology
This mountain's name was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to commemorate George M. Dallas (1792–1864), American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829, and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.[4]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dallas 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 south into the San Miguel River, and north to the Uncompahgre River via Dallas Creek.
Gallery
Dallas Peak seen with Blue Lakes
Dallas Peak seen from Mt. Sneffels
Dallas Peak in upper left corner, Telluride below.
See also
- Colorado portal
- Mountains portal
References
- The elevation of Dallas Peak includes an adjustment of +1.861 m (+6.11 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- "Dallas Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- "Dallas Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- Stewart M. Green, Scenic Driving Colorado: Exploring the State's Most Spectacular Back Roads, 2019, Globe Pequot, ISBN 9781493035991, page 254.
- Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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