Wolf Creek (Mineral County, Colorado)

Wolf Creek [1]
The creek at Forest Road 648 (West Fork Road) on the west side of Wolf Creek Pass looking back towards the pass.
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Mineral County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Wolf Creek Pass
• coordinates	37°28′20″N106°48′33″W / 37.47222°N 106.80917°W / 37.47222; -106.80917
Mouth	West Fork San Juan River
• location	Mineral County, Colorado
• coordinates	37°25′50″N106°53′36″W / 37.43056°N 106.89333°W / 37.43056; -106.89333
• elevation	7,785 ft (2,373 m) [1]
Length	8.3 miles (13.4 km) [1]
Basin features
Progression	West Fork San Juan—San Juan—Colorado

Wolf Creek is a stream in Mineral County, Colorado. It is the creek for which Wolf Creek Pass is named. ^[2]

Sources

The creek rises just west of the Wolf Creek ski area at the Continental Divide near the top of Wolf Creek Pass. From there it flows west, paralleling U.S. Highway 160 for several miles until it passes under the highway on its way to its confluence with the West Fork of the San Juan River near the bottom of the pass.

View from a US 160 overlook part way up the west side of Wolf Creek Pass, near the source

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado
• List of tributaries of the Colorado River

References

1. "Wolf Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2019-08-24.
2. "Tales told with markers". The Colorado Magazine. Vol. 47, no. 3. 1970. p. 240. Retrieved 2019-08-24.