Mount Adams (Colorado)
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| Mount Adams, Colorado | |
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 View of Mount Adams from the South. |
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| Elevation | 13,941 ft (4,249 m) [1] |
| Prominence | 851 ft (259 m) |
| Location | |
| Location | Custer / Saguache counties, Colorado, USA |
| Range | Sangre de Cristo Range |
| Coordinates | 38°00′26.79″N 105°36′17.13″W / 38.0074417°N 105.6047583°WCoordinates: 38°00′26.79″N 105°36′17.13″W / 38.0074417°N 105.6047583°W[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Horn Peak (CO) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scramble Class 3 |
At 13,941 feet (4,249 m) in altitude, Mount Adams is ranked as the 66th[2] highest mountain in the state of Colorado. It lies in the Sangre de Cristo Range north of Kit Carson Mountain, about five miles (8 km) east of the town of Crestone, Colorado.
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[edit] Climbing
Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge (Willow Lake) or via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead).
[edit] See also
- Crestones
- Mountain peaks of Colorado
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- Mountain peaks of the United States
- Mountain ranges of Colorado
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Thirteener
