Grizzly Peak (Gunnison County, Colorado)

Grizzly Peak
South aspect, centered
Highest point
Elevation	13,309 ft (4,057 m) [1]
Prominence	604 ft (184 m) [1]
Parent peak	Jenkins Mountain (13,440 ft) [1]
Isolation	1.94 mi (3.12 km) [1]
Coordinates	38°56′33″N106°31′20″W / 38.9425036°N 106.5220916°W / 38.9425036; -106.5220916 [2]
Naming
Etymology	Grizzly
Geography
Grizzly Peak Location in Colorado Show map of Colorado Grizzly Peak Grizzly Peak (the United States) Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Gunnison
Protected area	Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Parent range	Rocky Mountains Sawatch Range Collegiate Peaks [3]
Topo map	USGS Pieplant
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 hiking [1]

Grizzly Peak is a 13,309-foot-elevation (4,057-meter) mountain summit in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Looking north from Taylor Park Reservoir toward the Continental Divide with Grizzly Peak centered and Jenkins Mountain to the left.

Grizzly Peak is set one-half mile west of the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subrange of the Sawatch Range. ^[3] The mountain ranks as the 34th-highest peak in Gunnison County. ^[1] The peak is located seven miles (11 km) north-northeast of Taylor Park Reservoir in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, on land managed by Gunnison National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Taylor River, four miles to the southwest. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,500 feet (762 m) in one mile (1.6 km) along the south slope. The American Discovery Trail traverses the lower southern slope of the peak as it crosses the Continental Divide near Lake Ann and enters Taylor Park. ^[4] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. ^[2] There are four other summits in Colorado which are also named Grizzly Peak, the highest of which is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to the north-northwest and also in the Collegiate Peaks, as well as 18 others among several western states.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Grizzly Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. ^[5] 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. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August.

See also

•   Mountainsportal
• Grizzly Peak (disambiguation)
• Thirteener

References

1. "Grizzly Peak - 13,309' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
2. "Grizzly Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 4, 2023.
3. "Grizzly Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
4. American Discovery Trail, Colorado discoverytrail.org Retrieved June 4, 2023
5. 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.