Mount Adams (Colorado)

Mount Adams, Colorado
View of Mount Adams from the South.
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°W / 38.0074417; -105.6047583Coordinates: 38°00′26.79″N 105°36′17.13″W / 38.0074417°N 105.6047583°W / 38.0074417; -105.6047583[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.

Climbing

Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge (Willow Lake) or via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead).

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} National Geodetic Survey datasheet
2. ^ Project Island, Colorado's 1,000 highest summits

External links

• SummitPost.org, Mount Adams