Mount Powell (Colorado)

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Mount Powell
Mount Powell is located in Colorado
Mount Powell
Mount Powell
Highest point
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Listing
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Geography
Location Eagle and Summit counties,
Colorado, United States[1]
Parent range Highest summit of the
Gore Range[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Powell, Colorado[1]

Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[2][3][1] Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.[1]

Mountain

Mount Powell is very prominent when viewed from the north east, rising 6,000 feet above Green Mountain Reservoir.

See also

References

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