Greenhalgh Mountain

Greenhalgh Mountain
South-southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation	13,220 ft (4,029 m) [1]
Prominence	420 ft (128 m) [2]
Parent peak	Sheep Mountain (13,304 ft) [2]
Isolation	0.74 mi (1.19 km) [2]
Coordinates	37°47′06″N107°30′15″W / 37.7850429°N 107.5042566°W / 37.7850429; -107.5042566 [3]
Geography
Greenhalgh Mountain Location in Colorado Show map of Colorado Greenhalgh Mountain Greenhalgh Mountain (the United States) Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	San Juan County
Parent range	Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains [4]
Topo map	USGS Howardsville
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 hiking [2]

Greenhalgh Mountain is a 13,220-foot-elevation (4,030-meter) mountain summit in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Greenhalgh Mountain is located nine miles (14 km) east-southeast of the community of Silverton, on land managed by Rio Grande National Forest. It is situated less than three miles (4.8 km) east of the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Rio Grande and topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 2,400 feet (730 meters) above the river in 1.25 mile (2 km). Neighbors include Sheep Mountain, 0.79 miles (1.27 km) to the west and Canby Mountain, 2.49 miles (4.01 km) to the northwest. ^[4] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, ^[3] and was recorded in publications as early as 1906. ^[5]

Sheep Mountain and Greenhalgh Mountain (right)

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Greenhalgh Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. ^[6] 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

• Mountainsportal
• Thirteener
• Mountains of San Juan County, Colorado

References

1. Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, ISBN   9780967146607, p. 286.
2. "Greenhalgh Mountain - 13,228' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
3. "Greenhalgh Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 20, 2023.
4. "Greenhalgh Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
5. Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey (1906), A Gazetteer of Colorado, US Government Printing Office, p. 80.
6. Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

External links

• Weather forecast: Greenhalgh Mountain