Whitehouse Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,492 ft (4,112 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 572 ft (174 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Teakettle Mountain (13,825 ft)[3] |
Isolation | 1.88 mi (3.03 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 38°01′13″N 107°44′17″W / 38.0202385°N 107.7379992°W[4] |
Geography | |
Location | Ouray County Colorado, US |
Parent range | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains Sneffels Range[2] |
Topo map | USGS Ouray |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Extrusive rock |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | class 2 hiking[3] |
Whitehouse Mountain is a 13,492-foot-elevation (4,112-meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States.[4][5] It is situated four miles west of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the Rocky Mountains. It is west of the Continental Divide, 2.2 miles north of Potosi Peak, and 3.2 miles east-northeast of Mount Sneffels. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 5,680 feet (1,730 meters) above the town of Ouray in approximately four miles. The mountain's name, which has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, was in use before 1906 when Henry Gannett published it in the Gazetteer of Colorado.[6]