Cloud Peak

Cloud Peak
Cloud Peak, as viewed from Freezout, off Cold Springs Road.
Elevation	13,167 ft (4,013 m) [1]
Prominence	7,067 ft (2,154 m) [2]
Listing	Ultra
Location
Location	Big Horn / Johnson counties, Wyoming, USA
Range	Big Horn Mountains
Coordinates	44°22′56″N 107°10′26″W / 44.382138386°N 107.173914436°W / 44.382138386; -107.173914436Coordinates: 44°22′56″N 107°10′26″W / 44.382138386°N 107.173914436°W / 44.382138386; -107.173914436
Topo map	USGS Cloud Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1897
Easiest route	Hike/scramble

Cloud Peak is the highest peak within the Big Horn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It rises to an elevation of 13,167 feet (4,013 m)^[1] and provides onlookers with dramatic views and vistas. The mountain can be climbed most easily from the western side. The peak is located in the 189,000 acre (765 km²) Cloud Peak Wilderness within Bighorn National Forest. The northeast slope of Cloud Peak is a deep cirque which harbors Cloud Peak Glacier, the last active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains.

Cloud Peak is on the border between Johnson County and Big Horn County in Wyoming and is the high point of both counties.^[2] As the high point of an isolated range, Cloud Peak has a particularly high topographic prominence of 7,067 feet (2,154 m). In fact, the mountain has the second greatest topographic prominence in Wyoming, only barely beaten by Gannett Peak,^[3] and the fifteenth greatest topographic prominence in the contiguous United States.^[4]

See also

• 4000 meter peaks of North America
• Central Rocky Mountains
• Mountain peaks of North America
• Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
• Mountain peaks of the United States

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Cloud Peak". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=PW0524. Retrieved 2011-05-13. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Cloud Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5323. Retrieved 2011-05-13. 
3. ^ "Wyoming 13,000-foot Peaks". http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21344&sort=prom&u=ft. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
4. ^ "Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=41207. Retrieved 2011-05-13. 

External links

• "US ultra-prominent peaks". PeakList.org. http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/USP5000.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
• "Cloud Peak on Summitpost". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/67. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
• "Cloud Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1586783. Retrieved 2011-05-09.