Ice Mountain (Colorado)

Ice Mountain is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot (4,254 m) thirteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, 17.1 miles (27.5 km) west-northwest (bearing 290°) of the Town of Buena Vista, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.^[1][2][3]

Ice Mountain
North aspect of Ice Mountain (center)
Highest point
Elevation	13,958 ft (4,254 m)[1][2]
Prominence	1,011 ft (308 m)[2]
Parent peak	Huron Peak[2]
Isolation	2.11 mi (3.40 km)[2]
Coordinates	38°54′52″N 106°26′14″W[3]
Geography
Ice Mountain Colorado
Location	Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Winfield, Colorado[3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Ice Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[4] 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

• Geology portal
• Geography portal
• Colorado portal
• Mountains portal

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

Northeast aspect