Mount Sneffels
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For the town named after this mountain, see Sneffels, Colorado.
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,158-foot (4315.4 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west by south (bearing 256°) of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Sneffels is the highest point in Ouray County.[2][3][4]
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Mount Sneffels | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,150 ft (4315.4 m)[1][2] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 3050 ft (930 m)[3] |
Isolation | 15.71 mi (25.3 km)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 38°00′14″N 107°47′32″W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | High point of Ouray County, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | San Juan Mountains, Highest summit of the Sneffels Range[3] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Sneffels, Colorado[4] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | South Slopes: Easy Scramble, class 3[5] |
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