Jones Mountain (Chaffee County, Colorado)

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Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain from Cottonwood Pass summit.jpg
North aspect, from Cottonwood Pass
Highest point
Elevation 13,218 ft (4,029 m) [1]
Prominence 633 ft (193 m) [2]
Parent peak Emma Burr Mountain (13,544 ft) [2]
Isolation 3.00 mi (4.83 km) [2]
Coordinates 38°46′24″N106°23′39″W / 38.7732688°N 106.3940300°W / 38.7732688; -106.3940300 [3]
Geography
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Jones Mountain
Location in Colorado
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Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Colorado
County Chaffee County
Protected area San Isabel National Forest
Parent range Rocky Mountains
Sawatch Range
Collegiate Peaks
Topo map USGS Tincup
Climbing
Easiest route class 2 hiking [2]

Jones Mountain is a 13,218-foot-elevation (4,029-meter) mountain summit in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

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Description

Jones Mountain is set approximately one mile east of the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subrange of the Sawatch Range. [1] The peak is located 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of the community of Buena Vista in the San Isabel National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of Cottonwood Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Arkansas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,800 feet (549 m) above the creek's south fork in one mile (1.6 km). Chaffee County Road 306 traverses the northern base of this mountain near Cottonwood Pass. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [3]

Northwest aspect, North Jones Mountain (left), summit to the right Alpine meadows south of Cottonwood Pass CO.jpg
Northwest aspect, North Jones Mountain (left), summit to the right

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Jones 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. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jones Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jones Mountain - 13,214' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Jones Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
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