Uncompahgre Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Uncompahgre Peak
Photo = Uncompahgre_peak.jpg
Caption = Uncompahgre Peak from the west
Elevation = convert|14309|ft|m|0|lk=on
Location = Colorado, United States
Range = San Juan Mountains
Coordinates = coord|38|04|18|N|107|27|41|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Uncompahgre Peak
Prominence = convert|4242|ft|m|0|abbr=on [http://www.listsofjohn.com/Colorado/CO14ERS/14ers.php Colorado fourteeners on Lists of John] ]
First ascent =
Easiest route = hike (class 2)

Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado and is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness in the northern San Juans, in northern Hinsdale County approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of the town of Lake City.

Uncompahgre peak has a broad summit plateau, rising about convert|1500|ft|m|-2|abbr=on above the broad surrounding alpine basins. The south, east and west sides are not particularly steep, but the north face boasts a convert|700|ft|m|-1|abbr=on cliff. Like all peaks in the San Juan Mountains, Uncompahgre is of volcanic origin, but is not a volcano. The rock is of poor quality for climbing, precluding an ascent of the north face.

The most popular route for climbing Uncompahgre Peak is Uncompahgre National Forest Service Trail Number 239, which starts from the end of the Nellie Creek Road, east-southeast of the peak. The Nellie Creek Road is a four wheel drive road accessed from the Henson Creek Road, about 4 miles west of Lake City. The trail to the summit is a strenuous hike rising convert|2919|ft|m|0|abbr=on in elevation in about convert|3.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on. It accesses the summit in a winding ascent, starting from the east, passing over a south-trending ridge, and finishing on the west slopes of the summit plateau.Louis W. Dawson II, "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2", Blue Clover Press, ISBN 0-9628867-2-6, pp. 115-126.]

ee also

*Colorado 4000 meter peaks
*Colorado fourteeners
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States
*Southern Rocky Mountains

References

External links

* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=13&X=88&Y=1317&W=1 Topographic map]
* [http://distantpeak.com/web/mountains/n-america/uncompahgre_peak Uncompahgre Peak on Distantpeak.com]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150203/uncompahgre-peak.html Uncompahgre Peak on Summitpost]
* [http://14ers.com/photos/UncompahgrePeak/p_uncompahgrepeak.html Uncompahgre Pictures on 14ers.com]