Mount Silverheels
Appearance
Mount Silverheels | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,829 ft (4,215 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 2,283 ft (696 m)[3] |
Isolation | 5.48 mi (8.82 km)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 39°20′22″N 106°00′19″W / 39.3393949°N 106.0053607°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Park County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
Parent range | Front Range[3] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Alma, Colorado[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | hike |
Mount Silverheels is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,829-foot (4,215 m) thirteener is located in Pike National Forest, 4.9 miles (7.9 km) northeast (bearing 41°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4]
Mount Silverheels is just east of two fourteeners: Mount Bross and Mount Lincoln.
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "SILVERHEELS ET". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b The elevation of Mount Silverheels includes an adjustment of +1.982 m (+6.50 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Silverheels, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Mount Silverheels". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Silverheels.
- "Mount Silverheels Trip Report" - at Mountainouswords.com
- "Mount Silverheels Trail". U.S. Forest Service.