Mount Ridgway

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Mount Ridgway
Mount Ridgway.jpg
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,468 ft (4,105 m)[1]
Prominence428 ft (130 m)[1]
Parent peakWhitehouse Mountain (13,492 ft)[2]
Isolation0.94 mi (1.51 km)[2]
Coordinates38°00′49″N 107°45′11″W / 38.0135983°N 107.7531056°W / 38.0135983; -107.7531056Coordinates: 38°00′49″N 107°45′11″W / 38.0135983°N 107.7531056°W / 38.0135983; -107.7531056[3]
Naming
EtymologyRobert M. Ridgway
Geography
Mount Ridgway is located in Colorado
Mount Ridgway
Mount Ridgway
Location in Colorado
LocationOuray County
Colorado, US
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Sneffels Range[1]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Sneffels
Geology
Type of rockExtrusive rock
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[2]

Mount Ridgway is a 13,468-foot-elevation (4,105 meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States.[3] It is situated five miles west of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the Rocky Mountains. It is west of the Continental Divide, 2.2 miles east-northeast of Mount Sneffels, and 0.95 miles southwest of Whitehouse Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor.[1] Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 3,000 feet (914 meters) above Blaine Basin in one mile.

Etymology[]

This mountain, the nearby town of Ridgway, the Ridgway Dam, and Ridgway State Park trace their names to Denver & Rio Grande Railroad superintendent Robert Matthew Ridgway (1834–1908), who established the town in 1891.[4][5] The mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3]

Climate[]

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ridgway is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, 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. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Uncompahgre River.

Gallery[]

  • Whitehouse Mountain centered with Mt. Ridgway to immediate right, seen from Highway 550 near the town of Ridgway

  • Mount Ridgway (left) and Reconnoiter Peak (right)

  • Sneffels Range with Mt. Ridgway to the left

See also[]

  • Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Ridgway, Colorado". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Ridgway, Mount - 13,468' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Ridgway". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.
  5. ^ Liobrary of Congress
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

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