Ellingwood Point

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Ellingwood Point is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The Script error: No such module "convert". fourteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, Script error: No such module "convert". north by east (bearing 7°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating the Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the San Isabel National Forest and Huerfano County.[1][2][3] Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.

Mountain

Ellingwood Point only barely qualifies as an independent peak under the Script error: No such module "convert". topographic prominence cutoff which is standard in Colorado. It is also quite close to its parent peak, Blanca Peak. Hence its inclusion in fourteener lists has been somewhat controversial. However most authorities do consider it a true fourteener.[4]

Names

  • Ellingwood Peak
  • Ellingwood Point – 1972 [3]
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Blanca Peak and Ellingwood Point (right) from northeast
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A view of Ellingwood Point and Blanca Peak from just above the Blue Lakes

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with 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.

See also

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