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Mount Werner is a
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in the Park Range of the
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. The peak is located in Routt National Forest, east-southeast ( bearing 107°) of the City of Steamboat Springs in Routt County,
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. The mountain was renamed in 1964 in honor of skier Buddy Werner.


Mountain

Mount Werner is northwest of
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. The mountain reaches a height of above sea level and has a base elevation of , for a vertical rise of . It has five peaks (from lowest to highest), Christie Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, and Mount Werner. Formerly known as Storm Mountain, it was renamed in 1965 in honor of Buddy Werner, an Olympian from Steamboat Springs who was killed in an
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in Switzerland in April 1964. Mount Werner stands within the watershed of the Yampa River, which drains into the Green River, the
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, and thence into the Gulf of California in
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.


Steamboat Ski Resort

The Steamboat Ski Resort operates on of the mountain. It is serviced by the Silver Bullet gondola lift and several
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s. It regularly receives some of the highest levels of
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in Colorado. The most recent ten-year snowfall average was per year. Much of the mountain and the resort are contained within the Routt National Forest. It is the home mountain of world champion and Olympic bronze medalist snowboarder Arielle Gold.


Historical names

* Mount Werner – 1964 * Storm Mountain


See also

* List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits ** List of Colorado fourteeners ** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits ** List of the most prominent summits of Colorado * List of Colorado county high points


References


External links


Steamboat resort
(official website)
Interactive maps and three live video "Mountain Cams" of the Steamboat Ski Resort on Mt. Werner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Mount Mountains of Routt County, Colorado Routt National Forest Three-thousanders of the United States