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Aspen Mountain

Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Aspen Mountain, a peak in ColoradoRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message . This image is not in the public domain . Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media , if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved. Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author. Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message . This image is not in the public domain . Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media , if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved. Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author. Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aspen Mountain, a peak in Colorado
This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message . This image is not in the public domain . Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media , if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved. Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author. Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract . · CC BY-SA 3.0

Aspen Mountain rises to 3,417 m in Colorado. Castle Peak stands 4,352 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,212-foot (3,417 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) south-southeast (bearing 162°) of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The north face of the mountain is the location of the Aspen Mountain ski area, one of four adjacent ski areas operated collectively as Aspen/Snowmass.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4807832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3417 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.15132, -106.81975

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bell Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Shadow Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Loge Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Richmond Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Highland Peak: 3.4 mi
Parks: 51
  • Ajax Park: 2.2 mi
  • Ute Childrens Park: 2.2 mi
  • Glory Hole Park: 2.4 mi
  • Aspen Alps Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lift One A: 2.4 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ryks Waterfall: 8.4 mi
  • Devil’s Punch Bowl: 15.5 mi
  • Judd Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hayes Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
Hot springs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 3
  • Hot Spring: 21.9 mi
  • White Water Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chromatic Gate: 3.2 mi
  • Knight and Dragon: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • CBCS Community Garden: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Aspen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakSSW 193°4,352.2 m10.0 mi
Maroon PeakWSW 239°4,317 m10.6 mi
Pyramid PeakSW 232°4,274.7 m8.9 mi
Conundrum PeakSSW 194°4,271 m9.6 mi
North Maroon PeakWSW 240°4,261 m10.4 mi
Cathedral PeakSSW 195°4,247 m8.3 mi
Hagerman PeakWSW 258°4,211 m13.2 mi
Clark PeakW 270°4,137 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4219:5720:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212431384856626053433121
Precip in1.92.22.62.72.21.12.01.71.92.12.12.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aspen 1SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 180059 — Aspen Mountain, Pitkin County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358914846

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