Mother Cline Slide
Mother Cline Slide is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,801 m. Mount Sneffels stands 4,315 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. San Juan Skyway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2801 m
How to reach it
- On the San Juan Skyway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Alpine Loop
- 18.5 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Look Out Point · 3 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 3 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Sunnyside Mill Ruins Viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abrams Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hayden Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Darley Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Engineer Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sister Peak: 3.7 mi
- Deep South: 2.1 mi
- South Park: 2.2 mi
- New Funtier: 2.3 mi
- Grad School: 2.4 mi
- School Room: 2.5 mi
- The Wall: 3.8 mi
- Frisco Mill: 5.2 mi
- Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour: 5.5 mi
- Duncan House: 5.7 mi
- Fort Peabody: 5.7 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.1 mi
- Sneffels Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 6.0 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 4.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Animas Forks: 5.7 mi
- Tomboy: 6.5 mi
- Women's Club Mini-Park: 2.8 mi
- Fellin Park: 3.3 mi
- Ironton Park: 3.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.5 mi
- Town Park: 9.0 mi
- Ironton: 3.8 mi
- Guston: 5.0 mi
- Sneffels: 5.3 mi
- Animas Forks: 5.9 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 6.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 2.9 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 3.0 mi
- historic mine cart: 3.1 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 3.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 3.1 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 13.0 mi
- Lake City Museum: 18.5 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 11.4 mi
- Bike path access: 15.6 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mother Cline Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sneffels | W 281° | 4,315.4 m | 7.8 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SE 131° | 4,215 m | 9.1 mi |
| Niagara Peak | SE 135° | 4,202 m | 9.1 mi |
| Potosi Peak | W 275° | 4,195 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cirque Mountain | WNW 283° | 4,175 m | 6.7 mi |
| Teakettle Mountain | WNW 282° | 4,172 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gilpin Peak | W 272° | 4,162 m | 7.7 mi |
| Wood Mountain | ESE 111° | 4,158 m | 6.7 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358922926
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