Mount Werner
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Mount Werner is a mountain summit in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.[1] The Template:Convert peak is located in Routt National Forest, Template:Convert east-southeast (bearing 107°) of the City of Steamboat Springs in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was renamed in 1964 in honor of skier Buddy Werner.[2][3][1]
Mountain
Mount Werner is Template:Convert northwest of Denver. The mountain reaches a height of Template:Convert above sea level and has a base elevation of Template:Convert, for a vertical rise of Template:Convert. It has five peaks (from lowest to highest), Christie Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, and Mount Werner.
Formerly known as Storm Mountain, it was renamed in 1965 in honor of Buddy Werner, an Olympian from Steamboat Springs who was killed in an avalanche in Switzerland in April 1964.
Mount Werner stands within the watershed of the Yampa River, which drains into the Green River, the Colorado River, and thence into the Gulf of California in Mexico.
Steamboat Ski Resort
The Steamboat Ski Resort operates on Template:Convert of the mountain. It is serviced by the Silver Bullet gondola lift and several chairlifts. It regularly receives some of the highest levels of snow in Colorado. The most recent ten-year snowfall average was Template:Convert per year. Much of the mountain and the resort are contained within the Routt National Forest.
It is the home mountain of world champion and Olympic bronze medalist snowboarder Arielle Gold.[4]
Historical names
See also
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- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado county high points
References
External links
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- Steamboat resort (official website)
- Interactive maps and three live video "Mountain Cams" of the Steamboat Ski Resort on Mt. Werner
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