The Blowout
The Blowout is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,899 m. Mount Sneffels stands 4,315 m to the west-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2899 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Alpine Loop
- 18.7 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Look Out Point · 2 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 6 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Sunnyside Mill Ruins Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascade Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Sister Peak: 1.7 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.8 mi
- Whitehouse Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Wildhorse Peak: 4.9 mi
- Gazebo Wall (Closed): 1.7 mi
- Shithouse Wall (Closed): 1.7 mi
- Stump Wall: 1.7 mi
- Five Fingers: 1.7 mi
- Scottish Gullies: 1.7 mi
- Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour: 1.6 mi
- The Wall: 7.7 mi
- Golconda Boarding House: 8.5 mi
- Golconda Compressor / Blacksmith House: 8.5 mi
- Fort Peabody: 8.5 mi
- Fellin Park: 1.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
- Women's Club Mini-Park: 1.4 mi
- Ironton Park: 7.1 mi
- Ridgway Town Park: 9.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.0 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 6.6 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 6.7 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 7.9 mi
- Tomboy: 8.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Animas Forks: 9.0 mi
- Sneffels: 6.6 mi
- Ironton: 7.5 mi
- Guston: 8.7 mi
- Tomboy: 8.7 mi
- Animas Forks: 9.1 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 1.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 1.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 1.2 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 1.2 mi
- historic mine cart: 1.3 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 9.3 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Lake City Museum: 18.8 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 7.6 mi
- Bike path access: 11.7 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of The Blowout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sneffels | WSW 251° | 4,315.4 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wetterhorn Peak | E 80° | 4,274 m | 8.3 mi |
| Potosi Peak | SW 234° | 4,195 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cirque Mountain | WSW 248° | 4,175 m | 6.5 mi |
| Teakettle Mountain | WSW 244° | 4,172 m | 6.1 mi |
| Dallas Peak | WSW 248° | 4,168 m | 9.5 mi |
| Gilpin Peak | WSW 243° | 4,162 m | 8.0 mi |
| Wood Mountain | SE 133° | 4,158 m | 9.3 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 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ouray #2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358924343
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