- Mount Werner
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Mount Werner Elevation 10,565 ft (3,220 m) Prominence 500 ft (152 m) [1] Location Location Routt County, Colorado, USA Range Park Range Coordinates 40°27′21″N 106°44′24″W / 40.45583°N 106.74°WCoordinates: 40°27′21″N 106°44′24″W / 40.45583°N 106.74°W Topo map USGS Mount Werner Mount Werner is a mountain in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, four miles southeast of Steamboat Springs, the county seat of Routt County. It is 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Denver. The mountain reaches a height of 10,565 feet (3,220 m) above sea level and has a base elevation of 6,900 ft (2,100 m). It has a vertical rise of 3,668 ft (1,120 m). It has five peaks (from lowest to highest), Christie Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, and Mt. Werner.
Formerly known as Storm Mountain, it was renamed in 1965 in honor of Buddy Werner, an Olympian from Steamboat Springs who was killed in an avalanche in Switzerland in April 1964.
Mount Werner stands within the watershed of the Yampa River, which drains into the Green River, the Colorado River, and thence into the Gulf of California in Mexico.
The Steamboat Ski Resort operates on 2,965 acres (12 km2) of the mountain. It is serviced by the Silver Bullet gondola lift and several chairlifts. It regularly receives some of the highest levels of snow in Colorado. The most recent ten year snowfall average was 334 in (848 cm) a year. Much of the mountain and the resort are contained within the Routt National Forest.
References
- ^ Key col elevation between 10,080 and 10,040 ft at 40°28′N 106°40′W / 40.467°N 106.667°W.
- "About the Mountain". Steamboat Ski Resort. http://www.steamboat.com/mountain/facts.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- "Mount Werner". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:172767. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
External links
Categories:- Mountains of Colorado
- Geography of Routt County, Colorado
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