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Ice Mountain
Ice Mountain
	North aspect of Ice Mountain (center)
Highest point
Elevation	13,958 ft (4,254 m)
Prominence	1,011 ft (308 m)
Parent peak	Huron Peak
Isolation	2.11 mi (3.40 km)
Coordinates	38°54′52″N 106°26′14″W / 38.9144382°N 106.4372486°W
Geography
	Ice Mountain Colorado
Location	Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range	Sawatch Range,; Collegiate Peaks
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Winfield, Colorado

Ice Mountain is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot (4,254 m) thirteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, 17.1 miles (27.5 km) west-northwest (bearing 290°) of the Town of Buena Vista, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Ice 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.

References

^ ^a ^b The elevation of Ice Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.036 m (+6.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ice Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ice Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ 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.