Mount Daly (Pitkin County, Colorado)

Mount Daly
Mount Daly
	Southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation	13,323 ft (4,061 m)
Prominence	820 ft (250 m)
Parent peak	Capitol Peak (14,137 ft)
Isolation	1.41 mi (2.27 km)
Coordinates	39°10′20″N107°04′07″W / 39.1721027°N 107.0686259°W
Naming
Etymology	Charles P. Daly
Geography
	Mount Daly Location in Colorado Mount Daly Mount Daly (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Pitkin
Protected area	Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
Parent range	Rocky Mountains ; Elk Mountains
Topo map	USGS Capitol Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2+

Last updated December 25, 2024

Mount Daly is a mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Daly, elevation 13,323-feet (4,061 m), is situated in the Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.^[3] The peak is located eight miles (13 km) southwest of the community of Snowmass Village in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness, on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Capitol and Snowmass creeks which are tributaries of the Roaring Fork River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,900 feet (884 m) above West Snowmass Creek in one mile (1.6 km).

Etymology

The mountain was named in 1874 by Henry Gannett during the Hayden Survey to honor Charles P. Daly (1816–1899), who was then president of the American Geographical Society.^[4] The landform's toponym was officially adopted on February 1, 1933, by the United States Board on Geographic Names,^[5] although it appeared in publications as early as 1877.^[6] There is a Mount Daly in Canada named for this same person. There is also another Mount Daly (12,615 ft) located six miles southwest in Gunnison County which has an unknown name origin.^[7]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Daly is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[8] 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.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Daly, Mount - 13,323' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
↑ "Mount Daly". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 15, 2023.
1 2 "Mount Daly, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
↑ Henry Gannett (1905), The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 99.
↑ Decisions of the United States Geographic Board, No. 23, Decisions Rendered February 1, 1933
↑ Henry Gannett (1877), Lists of Elevations Principally in that Portion of the United States West of the Mississippi River, p. 119.
↑ "Mount Daly". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 15, 2023.
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

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[listsofjohn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Daly, Mount - 13,323' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[GNIS-2] "Mount Daly". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[pb-3] 1 2 "Mount Daly, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[4] Henry Gannett (1905), The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 99.

[5] Decisions of the United States Geographic Board, No. 23, Decisions Rendered February 1, 1933

[6] Henry Gannett (1877), Lists of Elevations Principally in that Portion of the United States West of the Mississippi River, p. 119.

[GNIS2-7] "Mount Daly". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[Peel-8] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

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