Mount Mahler

Mount Mahler
Mount Mahler
	North aspect, from Lake Agnes
Highest point
Elevation	12,497 ft (3,809 m)
Prominence	514 ft (157 m)
Parent peak	Mount Richthofen (12,945 ft)
Isolation	0.76 mi (1.22 km)
Coordinates	40°28′18″N105°54′32″W / 40.4715786°N 105.9089858°W
Naming
Etymology	Gustav Mahler
Geography
	Mount Mahler Location in Colorado Mount Mahler Mount Mahler (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Jackson
Protected area	Never Summer Wilderness
Parent range	Rocky Mountains ; Never Summer Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mount Richthofen
Geology
Age of rock	Miocene
Type of rock	Granodiorite
Climbing
Easiest route	Scrambling class 3–4

Last updated July 08, 2023

Mount Mahler is a 12,497-foot-elevation (3,809-meter) mountain summit in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Mahler is the eighth-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.^[6] The mountain is situated on the northern boundary of the Never Summer Wilderness, on land managed by Routt National Forest.^[1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Michigan River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,250 feet (690 meters) above Silver Creek in one mile (1.6 km) and 1,830 feet (560 meters) above Lake Agnes in 0.6 mile (0.97 km).

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on October 18, 2006, by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor.^[1]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Mahler is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[7] 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.

Gallery

Nokhu Crags (left) and Mt. Mahler (right of center)
Mt. Mahler (center) and Braddock Peak (right)
The northern group of the Never Summer Mountains.
Left to rightː Nokhu Crags, Mt. Richthofen, Mt. Mahler, Braddock Peak
North aspect of Mahler, from Lake Agnes
The northern group of the Never Summer Mountains viewed from Diamond Peaks. Left to rightː Nokhu Crags, Mt. Richthofen, Mt. Mahler, Braddock Peak

Related Research Articles

Nokhu Crags is a rock formation and mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The name is derived from the Arapaho language, Neaha-no-xhu, meaning "Eagles Nest." The 12,490-foot (3,807 m) peak is located in State Forest State Park, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States. The summit lies just northwest of the Continental Divide and Rocky Mountain National Park, near the headwaters of the Michigan River. The peak is prominently visible from State Highway 14 and can be seen throughout the southern North Park basin where it is known also known as "the Crags" or "Sleeping Indian" for its resemblance to the form of a supine chief. To the east lie the shallow basins of Snow Lake and the Michigan or American Lakes; to the north lies a snow filled couloir; to the west the mountain descends directly into the deep waters of Lake Agnes; and to the south lie Static Peak, Mount Richthofen, and the remainder of the Never Summer Mountain Range.

The Never Summer Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States consisting of seventeen named peaks. The range is located along the northwest border of Rocky Mountain National Park, forming the continental divide between the headwaters of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park to the local-east and the upper basin of the North Platte River to the local-west; the continental divide makes a loop in these mountains. The range is small and tall, covering only 25 sq mi (65 km²) with a north–south length of 10 mi (16 km) while rising to over 12,000 ft (3,700 m) at over ten distinct peaks. The range straddles the Jackson-Grand county line for most of its length, and stretches into Jackson and Larimer county at its northern end. A panoramic view of the range is available from sections of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. One of the northernmost peaks, Nokhu Crags, is prominently visible from the west side of Cameron Pass.

Braddock Peak is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,972-foot (3,649 m) peak is located in State Forest State Park, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) south-southwest of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.

Mount Richthofen is the highest summit of the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,945-foot (3,946 m) peak is located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) northwest by west of Milner Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand County from Routt National Forest and Jackson County. The mountain was named in honor of pioneering German geologist Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, apparently by Clarence King's 1870 survey team.

Static Peak is a mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado, within State Forest State Park and part of the Never Summer Mountain Range. It is located in a chain of peaks and lies between Nokhu Crags to the north and Mount Richthofen to the south. To the east lie the shallow basins of Snow Lake and to the west the mountain descends directly into the deep waters of Lake Agnes.

Mount Garfield is a 13,074-foot-elevation (3,985-meter) mountain summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. It is situated eight miles south of the community of Silverton, in the Weminuche Wilderness, on land managed by San Juan National Forest. It is part of the San Juan Mountains range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Animas River. The peak can be seen from U.S. Route 550 and the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 4,300 feet above the river and railway in approximately one mile. It is set six miles west of the Continental Divide, one mile west of Electric Peak, and three miles east-southeast of Snowdon Peak.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Mount Mahler". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
1 2 3 "Mahler, Mount - 12,491' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
↑ "Mount Mahler, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
1 2 Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
↑ Jon Kedrowski (2022), Classic Colorado Hikes, Colorado Mountain Club, ISBN 9781937052836
↑ "Mount Mahler, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved May 7, 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.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 4 "Mount Mahler". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[listsofjohn-2] 1 2 3 "Mahler, Mount - 12,491' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[pb-3] "Mount Mahler, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[usgs-4] 1 2 Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.

[5] Jon Kedrowski (2022), Classic Colorado Hikes, Colorado Mountain Club, ISBN 9781937052836

[peakvisor-6] "Mount Mahler, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[Peel-7] 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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