Mount Ouray | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,961 ft (4255.4 m)[1] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 2659 ft (810 m)[2] |
Isolation | 13.58 mi (21.9 km)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 38°25′22″N 106°13′29″W / 38.4227178°N 106.2247474°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | Sawatch Mountains[2] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Ouray, Colorado[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | West ridge, class 2 |
Mount Ouray is a high and prominent mountain summit in the far southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,961-foot (4255.4 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.5 miles (12.0 km) west (bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass, Colorado, United States, on the boundary between Chaffee and Saguache counties. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Ouray.[1][2][3]