Mount Ouray

Mount Ouray
Mount Ouray above Marshall Pass in 1899.
Elevation	13,961 ft (4,255 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	2,659 ft (810 m) [2]
Location
Mount Ouray Colorado
Location	Chaffee / Saguache counties, Colorado, USA
Range	Sawatch Mountains
Coordinates	38°25′22″N 106°13′29″W / 38.42278°N 106.22472°W / 38.42278; -106.22472Coordinates: 38°25′22″N 106°13′29″W / 38.42278°N 106.22472°W / 38.42278; -106.22472[1]
Topo map	USGS Mount Ouray
Climbing
Easiest route	West ridge, class 2

Mount Ouray is a peak located in the central part of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is 18 miles (29 km) southwest of the town of Salida, in northern Saguache County, the northern base of the peak stretches into to southern Chaffee County. The peak makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains. Monarch Pass is four miles northwest of the peak.

The mountain is named after the Ute Chief Ouray. Nearby Mount Chipeta, just over a mile to the northwest of Mount Ouray, is named after Chief Ouray's wife.

Routes

The standard route is the west ridge. Starting at Marshall Pass, the route heads north along the Continental Divide until the west ridge of Mount Ouray is reached. From there, hike east along this ridge up to the summit.

Other Names

• Hump Mountain
• Ouray Mountain
• Ouray Peak (there is a different Ouray Peak in northern Chaffee County)

See also

• Colorado 4000 meter peaks
• Mountain peaks of Colorado
• Mountain ranges of Colorado
• Thirteener

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Ouray Reset". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JL0672. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 
2. ^ "Mount Ouray, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5764. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Ouray