Mount Sopris West Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,965 ft (3,952 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 1,453 ft (443 m)[3] |
Isolation | 9.23 mi (14.85 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 39°15′48″N 107°10′33″W / 39.2632208°N 107.1758583°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
Parent range | Elk Mountains[3] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Sopris, Colorado[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Mount Sopris Trail (hike) |
Mount Sopris East Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,965 ft (3,952 m)[5] |
Coordinates | 39°15′40″N 107°09′51″W / 39.26113°N 107.16417°W[6] |
Mount Sopris is a twin-summit mountain in the northwestern Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,965-foot (3,952 m) mountain is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 6.6 miles (10.7 km) north by northeast (bearing 30°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4]