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Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,158-foot (4315.4 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west by south (bearing 256°) of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Sneffels is the highest point in Ouray County.[2][3][4]

For the town named after this mountain, see Sneffels, Colorado.
Mount Sneffels
View of Mount Sneffels from the north
Highest point
Elevation14,150 ft (4315.4 m)[1][2]
NAVD88
Prominence3050 ft (930 m)[3]
Isolation15.71 mi (25.3 km)[3]
Listing
Coordinates38°00′14″N 107°47′32″W[2]
Geography
Mount Sneffels
LocationHigh point of Ouray County, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeSan Juan Mountains, Highest summit of the Sneffels Range[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Sneffels, Colorado[4]

Mountain


Mount Sneffels is notable for its great vertical relief, as it rises 7,200 feet above the town of Ridgway, Colorado 6 miles to the northeast.

The primary route to the summit follows a creek bed up from Yankee Boy Basin. A secondary route follows a ridge line to the summit from the saddle of Blue Lakes Pass.

Mount Sneffels was named after the volcano Snæfell, which is located on the tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. That mountain and its glacier, Snæfellsjökull, which caps the crater like a convex lens, were featured in the Jules Verne novel A Journey to the Center of the Earth. An area on the western flank of Mount Sneffels gives the appearance of volcanic crater.[citation needed]

Seen from the Dallas Divide on State Highway 62, Mount Sneffels is one of the most photographed mountains in Colorado.[citation needed]

Panorama of the Sneffels Range of the San Juan Mountains, photographed from Dallas Divide pass

Historical names



See also



References


  1. "Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - Mt. Sneffels Wilderness". Fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. "SNEFFLES". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. "Mount Sneffels, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. "Mount Sneffels". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 14, 2014.



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[de] Mount Sneffels

Mount Sneffels ist ein 4312 Meter (14.150 ft) hoher Berg im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Colorado. Er befindet sich etwa acht Kilometer westlich der Stadt Ouray im gleichnamigen County im Wildschutzgebiet Mount Sneffels Wilderness der nördlichen San Juan Mountains. Das Gebiet gehört zum Uncompahgre-Nationalforst. Mount Sneffels ist einer der 86 sogenannten „Fourteeners“ der USA, also einer der Berge, die über 14.000 Fuß hoch sind.[1][2][3]
- [en] Mount Sneffels

[fr] Mont Sneffels

Le mont Sneffels, en anglais Mount Sneffels, est un sommet montagneux américain dans le comté d'Ouray, au Colorado. Il culmine à 4 313 mètres d'altitude dans le chaînon Sneffels. Il est protégé au sein de la forêt nationale d'Uncompahgre et de la Mount Sneffels Wilderness.


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