Chicago Peak is a mountain summit located on the shared boundary of
San Miguel County with
Ouray County in southwest
Colorado
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, United States.
It is situated east of the community of
Telluride, on land managed by
Uncompahgre National Forest
Uncompahgre National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 955,229 acres (1,492.55 sq mi, or 3,865.68 km2) in (in descending order of land area) parts of Montrose, Mesa, San Miguel, Ouray, Gunnison, Hinsdale, San Juan, and Delta C ...
. It is part of the
Sneffels Range
The Sneffels Range, regionally conterminous with San Juans, is a young, prominent, and rugged range of mountains in southwestern Colorado of the San Juan Mountains. The Sneffels range form the southern border of Ouray County and run west to east ...
which is a subset of the
San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
, which in turn are part of the
Rocky Mountains
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. It is set above the ghost town of
Tomboy
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, south of
United States Mountain, and one mile northwest of Imogene Pass.
Topographic relief
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is significant as the east aspect rises above Imogene Basin in approximately one mile, and the west aspect rises 2,000 feet above Savage Basin in less than one mile. Mining activity in the immediate area produced significant amounts of gold and silver.
Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
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Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification
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system, Chicago Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.runoff
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from the west side of the mountain drains into tributaries of the San Miguel River, and from the east side into tributaries of the Uncompahgre River
The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River, approximately 75 mi (121 km) long, in southwestern Colorado in the United States. Lake Como at 12,215 ft (3723m) in northern San Juan County, in the Uncompahgre National ...
.
Gallery
File:Chicago Peak and United States Mountain.jpg, Chicago Peak (left) and United States Mountain (right) viewed from the east.
File:Chicago Peak, Imogene Pass area.jpg, Chicago Peak, southeast aspect seen from Imogene Pass
File:Chicago Peak, Telluride.jpg, Chicago Peak centered at top of frame with Telluride set below
See also
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References
External links
* Weather forecast
Chicago Peak
{{Mountains of Colorado
Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado
Mountains of San Miguel County, Colorado
San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Mountains of Colorado
North American 4000 m summits
Uncompahgre National Forest