Twin Peaks (Ouray County, Colorado)
Description
Twin Peaks is situated one mile west overlooking of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subrange of the San Juan Mountains. Twin Peaks' summit, the West Peak, is 2.2 miles east-northeast of Whitehouse Mountain, and the lower East Peak (10,798 ft) is separated by 0.4 mile from the west summit. Topographic relief is significant as the east peak rises over 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Ouray in one mile. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Uncompahgre River at the eastern base of the mountain. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Twin Peaks is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. 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
Gallery
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Twin Peaks above the town of Ouray, Colorado -
East peak of Twin Peaks centered with West summit to left. -
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Ouray, Colorado, with Twin Peaks at upper left corner
References
- ^ "Twin Peaks, West - 10,970' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Twin Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Twin Peaks, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Twin Peaks, East - 10,798' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
