Hunts Peak

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Coordinates: 38°22′59″N 105°56′44″W / 38.3831653°N 105.9456659°W / 38.3831653; -105.9456659
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Hunts Peak
Northwest aspect, from Highway 285
Highest point
Elevation13,071 ft (3,984 m)[1][2]
Prominence871 ft (265 m)[3]
Parent peakBushnell Peak (13,110 ft)[2][4]
Isolation4.21 mi (6.78 km)[3]
Coordinates38°22′59″N 105°56′44″W / 38.3831653°N 105.9456659°W / 38.3831653; -105.9456659[5]
Geography
Hunts Peak is located in Colorado
Hunts Peak
Hunts Peak
Location in Colorado
Hunts Peak is located in the United States
Hunts Peak
Hunts Peak
Hunts Peak (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State
class 2 hiking[4]

Hunts Peak is a 13,071-foot (3,984 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Fremont County and Saguache County, in Colorado, United States.

Description

Hunts Peak is set 17 miles (27 km) east of the

Territory of Colorado (1867–1869) who would later own land in the adjacent San Luis Valley.[9]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hunts Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[10] 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

References

  1. ISBN 9781555661946
    , p. 186.
  2. ^ a b c "Hunts Peak, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Hunts Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Hunts Peak – 13,061' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Hunts Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Ferdinand V. Hayden (1877), Annual Report of Progress of the Exploration for the Year 1875 Embracing Colorado, Parts of Adjacent Territories, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 208.
  7. ^ Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey No. 84, US Government Printing Office, (1892), p. 313.
  8. ^ Frank Fossett (1880), Colorado, Its Gold and Silver Mines, p. 16.
  9. ISBN 9780870815300
  10. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

External links
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