Mount Alice (Colorado)
Mount Alice | |
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Mount Alice Colorado | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,315 ft (4,058 m)[2][3] |
Prominence | 850 ft (259 m)[3] |
Isolation | 1.37 mi (2.20 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 40°14′21″N 105°39′48″W / 40.2391516°N 105.6633384°WCoordinates: 40°14′21″N 105°39′48″W / 40.2391516°N 105.6633384°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Rocky Mountain National Park adjacent to Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.[1] |
Parent range | Front Range[3] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Isolation Peak, Colorado[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Class 3 scramble |
Mount Alice is a high mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,315-foot (4,058 m) thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) southwest by south (bearing 217°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, immediately east of the Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties.[2][3][1] Just who the namesake Alice was is unclear, but according to one source she was likely a "woman of ill repute".[4]
Climbing[]
The standard routes to the summit can be climbed in a long day out of Wild Basin. Most climbers ascent via Hourglass Ridge above Lion lakes or else via Boulder Grand Pass above Thunder Lake. Both are class 3 routes and do not require any technical moves.[5]
Historical names[]
- Mount Alice – 1911 [1]
- Sioux Mountain
See also[]
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado fourteeners
- List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
- List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
- List of Colorado county high points
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Mount Alice". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Mount Alice includes an adjustment of +1.659 m (+5.44 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Mount Alice, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Dziezynski, James (1 August 2012). Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet. Wilderness Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3.
- ^ "Mount Alice". SummitPost. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
External links[]
- Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park
- Mountains of Boulder County, Colorado
- Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
- Great Divide of North America
- North American 4000 m summits