Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up is a cliff in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,410 m. Mount Sneffels stands 4,315 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Bridge and Lead Area, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. San Juan Skyway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ouray Ice Park
How to reach it
- On the San Juan Skyway, National
- 2.3 mi off the Alpine Loop
- 19.4 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Look Out Point · 1 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 5 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Sunnyside Mill Ruins Viewpoint · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sister Peak: 1.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.3 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Whitehouse Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Abrams Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Upper Bridge and Lead Area: 0.0 mi
- Kid's Wall: 0.0 mi
- Lower Bridge: 0.0 mi
- Pic 'o the Vic: 0.1 mi
- Trestle and Mixed Alcove: 0.1 mi
- Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour: 3.0 mi
- The Wall: 6.4 mi
- Fort Peabody: 6.8 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 7.4 mi
- Frisco Mill: 7.7 mi
- Women's Club Mini-Park: 0.4 mi
- Fellin Park: 0.8 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.0 mi
- Ironton Park: 5.5 mi
- Town Park: 9.2 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 6.2 mi
- Tomboy: 7.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Animas Forks: 8.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 0.8 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sneffels: 5.0 mi
- Ironton: 5.8 mi
- Guston: 6.9 mi
- Tomboy: 7.0 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 7.9 mi
- historic mine cart: 0.5 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 0.6 mi
- historic mine cart: 0.6 mi
- historic mine cart: 0.6 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 0.6 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 10.4 mi
- Lake City Museum: 19.4 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Bike path access: 13.0 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Cowboy Up. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sneffels | W 263° | 4,315.4 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wetterhorn Peak | ENE 71° | 4,274 m | 9.4 mi |
| Potosi Peak | WSW 246° | 4,195 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cirque Mountain | W 261° | 4,175 m | 5.4 mi |
| Teakettle Mountain | WSW 258° | 4,172 m | 4.9 mi |
| Dallas Peak | WSW 257° | 4,168 m | 8.4 mi |
| Gilpin Peak | WSW 253° | 4,162 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wood Mountain | ESE 123° | 4,158 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ouray, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/762742224
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