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 / 38.9144382°N 106.4372486°W / 38.9144382; -106.4372486 [3]
Geography
Ice Mountain Colorado
Location	Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado, United States [3]
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks [2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Winfield, Colorado [3]

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]}

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

• 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

References

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