Mount Chapin

Mount Chapin
Southeast aspect, from Trail Ridge Road
Highest point
Elevation12,454 ft (3,796 m)[1]
Prominence414 ft (126 m)[1]
Parent peakYpsilon Mountain (13,514 ft)[2]
Isolation1.81 mi (2.91 km)[2]
Coordinates40°26′01″N 105°42′07″W / 40.4335592°N 105.7018123°W / 40.4335592; -105.7018123[3]
Naming
EtymologyFrederick H. Chapin
Geography
Mount Chapin is located in Colorado
Mount Chapin
Mount Chapin
Location in Colorado
Mount Chapin is located in the United States
Mount Chapin
Mount Chapin
Mount Chapin (the United States)
LocationRocky Mountain National Park
Larimer County, Colorado, US
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Mummy Range
Topo mapUSGS Trail Ridge
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 1 hiking[2]

Mount Chapin is a 12,454-foot-elevation (3,796-meter) mountain summit located in Rocky Mountain National Park, in Larimer County, of Colorado, United States.[3] It is situated 11 miles west-northwest of the community of Estes Park, one mile east of Chapin Pass, and six miles east of the Continental Divide. Mount Chapin is part of the Mummy Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 2,700 feet (820 meters) above Fall River in less than one mile. Neighbors include Mount Chiquita and Ypsilon Mountain to the immediate northeast, and the park's Alpine Visitor Center is three miles to the west.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Chapin, Colorado". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Chapin, Mount - 12,454' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Chapin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-07-21.