Mount Nimbus

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Coordinates: 40°23′48″N 105°54′15″W / 40.3967585°N 105.9040416°W / 40.3967585; -105.9040416
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Mount Nimbus
Nimbus cloud
Geography
Mount Nimbus is located in Colorado
Mount Nimbus
Mount Nimbus
Location in Colorado
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyGrand County
Protected areaRocky Mountain National Park
Never Summer Wilderness
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Never Summer Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Richthofen[3]
Geology
Rock type(s)Granite and Gneiss[4]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2[1]

Mount Nimbus is a 12,721-foot-elevation (3,877-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Nimbus is set along the

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,700 feet (1,100 meters) above the Kawuneeche Valley
in three miles (4.8 km) and 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Baker Gulch in one-half mile.

Mt. Nimbus (left) and Mt. Cumulus (right)

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was applied in 1914 by

clouds. As President of the Colorado Geographic Society, Chairman of the Colorado Geographic Board, and President of the American Alpine Club, Rogers participated in naming many of Colorado's mountains.[8]
He also drafted legislation to create Rocky Mountain National Park.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Nimbus is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[9] 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. ^ a b c d e "Nimbus, Mount - 12,721' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Nimbus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Mount Nimbus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  4. ^ Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
  5. ^ "Mount Nimbus, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  6. ISBN 9781555663339
    , p. 38.
  7. ^ Decisions of the United States Geographic Board No. 27, (June 30, 1932), US Government Printing Office, p. 6.
  8. ^ Stephen H. Hart (1972), James Grafton Rogers, 1883–1971, Americanalpineclub.org
  9. ISSN 1027-5606
    .
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