Mount Bethel (Colorado)

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Coordinates: 39°42′36″N 105°52′43″W / 39.7099144°N 105.8785694°W / 39.7099144; -105.8785694
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Mount Bethel
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,705 ft (3,872 m)[1][2]
Prominence425 ft (130 m)[1]
Parent peakPettingell Peak (13,559 ft)[2][3]
Isolation1.24 mi (2.00 km)[1]
Coordinates39°42′36″N 105°52′43″W / 39.7099144°N 105.8785694°W / 39.7099144; -105.8785694[4]
Naming
EtymologyEllsworth Bethel
Geography
Mount Bethel is located in Colorado
Mount Bethel
Mount Bethel
Location in Colorado
Mount Bethel is located in the United States
Mount Bethel
Mount Bethel
Mount Bethel (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State
class 2[2]

Mount Bethel is a 12,705-foot (3,872 m) mountain summit in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Bethel is set two miles (3.2 km) east of the

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,300 feet (701 m) above the creek and Interstate 70 in one mile (1.6 km). Snow fences are a distinguishing feature on the mountain's slopes which are there to mitigate avalanches from threatening the Interstate. An ascent of the peak involves hiking four miles (6.4 km) with 2,680 feet (817 m) of elevation gain.[5]

Etymology

The mountain was originally called "Little Professor", in association with "Big Professor" which was the original name for Mount Sniktau on the opposite side of Clear Creek. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1926 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Ellsworth Bethel (1863–1925), American botanist.[4] Bethel worked for the National Forest Service as a forest pathologist; he was a biology teacher at East Denver High School in Denver; and he named many of the peaks in Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Bethel is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] 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. This climate supports the Loveland Ski Area two miles south of the peak.

See also

Gallery

  • South aspect of Mount Bethel showing snow fences high on its slope
    South aspect of Mount Bethel showing snow fences high on its slope
  • Mt. Bethel, with parent Pettingell Peak to right
    Mt. Bethel, with parent Pettingell Peak to right
  • Mount Bethel
    Mount Bethel

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Bethel, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Bethel, Mount - 12,705' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Mount Bethel, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Bethel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  5. ISBN 9780899978123
    , p. 74
  6. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

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