Mount Nimbus

Mount Nimbus
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,721 ft (3,877 m)[1]
Prominence623 ft (190 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Cumulus (12,729 ft)[1]
Isolation1.14 mi (1.83 km)[1]
Coordinates40°23′48″N 105°54′15″W / 40.3967585°N 105.9040416°W / 40.3967585; -105.9040416[2]
Naming
EtymologyNimbus cloud
Geography
Mount Nimbus is located in Colorado
Mount Nimbus
Mount Nimbus
Location in Colorado
Mount Nimbus is located in the United States
Mount Nimbus
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Mount Nimbus (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyGrand County
Protected areaRocky Mountain National Park
Never Summer Wilderness
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Never Summer Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Richthofen[3]
Geology
Rock typeGranite and Gneiss[4]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2[1]

Mount Nimbus is a 12,721-foot-elevation (3,877-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nimbus, Mount - 12,721' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ "Mount Nimbus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  3. ^ "Mount Nimbus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  4. ^ Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.