Mount Stratus

Mount Stratus
Mount Stratus
	Northeast aspect of Mount Stratus at upper left; (Mount Nimbus to the right)
Highest point
Elevation	12,534 ft (3,820 m)
Prominence	139 ft (42 m)
Parent peak	Mount Nimbus (12,721 ft)
Isolation	0.44 mi (0.71 km)
Coordinates	40°23′25″N105°54′13″W / 40.3902062°N 105.9035290°W
Naming
Etymology	Stratus cloud
Geography
	Mount Stratus Location in Colorado Mount Stratus Mount Stratus (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Grand County
Protected area	Rocky Mountain National Park ; Never Summer Wilderness
Parent range	Rocky Mountains ; Never Summer Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mount Richthofen
Geology
Type of rock	Biotite Gneiss and Schist
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 West slope or North ridge

Last updated June 28, 2024

Mount Stratus is a 12,534-foot-elevation (3,820-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Stratus is the ninth-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.^[6] The mountain is situated on the western boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park and is visible from Trail Ridge Road within the park. The west side of the peak is in the Never Summer Wilderness which is managed by Arapaho National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Colorado River except for a portion which is diverted by the Grand Ditch. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the Kawuneeche Valley in 2.5 miles (4.0 km) and 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Baker Gulch in three-quarters of a mile. An ascent of the peak involves hiking 12.8 miles (20.6 km) round-trip with 3,555 feet (1,084 m) of elevation gain.^[7]

Etymology

The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[2]^[8] In 1914, James Grafton Rogers named Mount Cirrus, Mount Nimbus, and Mount Cumulus for different types of common clouds, but he did not name Mt. Stratus, it was added later.^[9]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Nimbus is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[10] 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

Baker Mountain (left), Mount Stratus (center), Green Knoll (right)
Mt. Stratus (left), Mt. Nimbus, and Mt. Cumulus (right)
Never Summer Mountains viewed from Trail Ridge Road. Left to rightːMt. Stratus, Mt. Nimbus, Mt. Cumulus (centered), Howard Mountain, Mt. Cirrus

Related Research Articles

The Never Summer Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States consisting of over twenty named peaks. The range is located along the northwest border of Rocky Mountain National Park, forming an S-turn in the continental divide between the headwaters of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park and the upper basin of the North Platte River. The range is small and tall, covering only 25 sq mi (65 km²) with a north–south length of 10 mi (16 km) with over ten distinct peaks rising more than 12,000 ft (3,700 m). 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.

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.

Lead Mountain is a summit in Grand County, Colorado, in the United States. With an elevation of 12,546 feet (3,824 m), Lead Mountain is the 970th-highest summit in the state of Colorado. Lead Mountain was named in 1879 on account of its lead deposits.

Mount Ida is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,874-foot (3,924 m) peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) west of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties. The mountain was probably named after Mount Ida on Crete.

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.

Electric Peak is a 13,292-foot-elevation (4,051-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 Needle Mountains which are a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. 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 4,500 feet above the river and railway in approximately two miles. It is set five miles west of the Continental Divide, and one mile east of Mount Garfield. The mountain's name, which has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, was in use before 1906 when Henry Gannett published it in the Gazetteer of Colorado.

Mount Emma is a 13,581-foot-elevation (4,139-meter) mountain summit located in San Miguel County of Colorado, United States. It is situated three miles north of the community of Telluride, on the south side of Yankee Boy Basin, in the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the Rocky Mountains. Mount Emma is situated west of the Continental Divide, two miles south of Mount Sneffels, and 0.8 mile south of Gilpin Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Emma ranks as the 197th-highest peak in Colorado, and the 10th-highest in the Sneffels Range. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 4,830 feet above Telluride in approximately three miles. An ascent of Mt. Emma is a difficult climb with 2,180 feet of elevation gain covering three miles from Yankee Boy Basin, or 4,836 feet of elevation gain from Telluride. This mountain's name was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Cirque Mountain is a 13,686-foot-elevation (4,171-meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated six miles west of the community of Ouray, above the north side of Yankee Boy Basin, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the Rocky Mountains. Cirque ranks as the 155th-highest peak in Colorado, and the ninth-highest in the Sneffels Range. It is west of the Continental Divide, 1.12 mile east of Mount Sneffels, and 0.59 mile west of Teakettle Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 3,000 feet above Blaine Basin in one mile, and the south aspect rises over 2,000 feet above Yankee Boy Basin in less than one mile. These basins are cirques which were carved by ancient glaciers. The mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Mount Cirrus is a 12,808-foot-elevation (3,904-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

Mount Cumulus is a 12,729-foot-elevation (3,880-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

Mount Nimbus is a 12,721-foot-elevation (3,877-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Baker Mountain is a 12,410-foot-elevation (3,780-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Howard Mountain is a 12,826-foot-elevation (3,909-meter) summit in Colorado, United States.

Chiefs Head Peak is a 13,577-foot-elevation (4,138-meter) mountain summit in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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

Pawnee Peak is a 12,943-foot (3,945 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Boulder County and Grand County, in Colorado, United States.

Graystone Peak is a 13,489-foot-elevation (4,111-meter) mountain summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.

Lulu Mountain is a 12,217-foot-elevation (3,724-meter) summit in Colorado, United States.

Parika Peak is a 12,402-foot-elevation (3,780-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

Never Summer Peak is a 12,452-foot-elevation (3,795-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

References

1 2 3 4 "Stratus, Mount - 12,534' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
1 2 "Mount Stratus". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 8, 2023.
↑ "Mount Stratus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
↑ 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.
↑ Lisa Foster (2005), Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 9781565795501, p. 343.
↑ "Mount Stratus, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved May 8, 2023.
↑ Alan Apt, Kay Turnbaugh (2015), Afoot and Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899977553, p. 230.
↑ Decisions of the United States Geographic Board No. 27, (June 30, 1932), US Government Printing Office, p. 6.
↑ James Dziezynski (2012), Best Summit Hikes in Colorado, AdventureKEEN, ISBN 9780899977126, p. 82.
↑ 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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[listsofjohn-1] 1 2 3 4 "Stratus, Mount - 12,534' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[gnis-2] 1 2 "Mount Stratus". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[pb-3] "Mount Stratus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[usgs-4] 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] Lisa Foster (2005), Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 9781565795501, p. 343.

[peakvisor-6] "Mount Stratus, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[7] Alan Apt, Kay Turnbaugh (2015), Afoot and Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899977553, p. 230.

[8] Decisions of the United States Geographic Board No. 27, (June 30, 1932), US Government Printing Office, p. 6.

[9] James Dziezynski (2012), Best Summit Hikes in Colorado, AdventureKEEN, ISBN 9780899977126, p. 82.

[Peel-10] 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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