Mount Ouray
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Mount Ouray is a high and prominent mountain summit in the far southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The Script error: No such module "convert". thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, Script error: No such module "convert". west (bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass, Colorado, United States, on the boundary between Chaffee and Saguache counties. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Ouray.[1][2][3]
Mountain
Mount Ouray makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains, rising 7,000 feet above the Arkansas River Valley. Monarch Pass is four miles northwest of the peak.
The mountain is named after the Ute Chief Ouray. Nearby Chipeta Mountain, just over a mile to the northwest of Mount Ouray, is named after Chief Ouray's wife.
Routes
The standard route is the west ridge. Starting at Marshall Pass, the route heads north along the Continental Divide until the west ridge of Mount Ouray is reached. From there, one can hike east along this ridge up to the summit.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ouray is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] 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. Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Gallery
Historical names
- Hump Mountain
- Mount Ouray – 1962 [3]
- Ouray Mountain
- Ouray Peak – 1906 [3] (there is a different Ouray Peak in northern Chaffee County)
See also
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References
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External links
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