Never Summer Peak is a 12,452-foot-elevation (3,795-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.
| Never Summer Peak | |
|---|---|
 East aspect, from Kawuneeche Valley | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,452 ft (3,795 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 278 ft (85 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Bowen Mountain (12,524 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 0.82 mi (1.32 km)[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°22′19″N 105°56′14″W / 40.37203°N 105.93732°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Never Summer Peak Location in Colorado  Never Summer Peak Never Summer Peak (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Grand / Jackson |
| Protected area | Never Summer Wilderness[2] |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains Never Summer Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Bowen Mountain |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Paleoproterozoic[3] |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Rock type | Hornblende Gneiss, Amphibolite[3] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | hiking class 2[1] |
Description
editNever Summer Peak is situated on the Continental Divide along the boundary shared by Grand County and Jackson County.[1] The west side of the peak is in the Medicine Bow–Routt National Forest and the east side is in the Never Summer Wilderness. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into headwaters of the Illinois River, with the east slope draining to the Colorado River via Baker Gulch. The counterintuitive direction of water flow is because the Continental Divide forms a loop in this area, whereby the peak's west slope runoff flows to the Atlantic Ocean and the east slope to the Pacific. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,050 feet (625 meters) above Baker Gulch in one mile (1.6 km) and 1,050 feet (320 meters) above Parika Lake in 0.6 miles (0.97 km). The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[4]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen climate classification system, Never Summer Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Never Summer Peak - 12,452' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ a b "Never Summer Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ a b Preliminary Geologic Map of the Bowen Mountain 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, James C. Cole, U.S. Geological Survey, 2011.
- ^ Lisa Foster, Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Big Earth Publishing, 2005, ISBN 9781565795501.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.