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Mount Alice

Mount Alice, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Alice rises to 4,048 m in Colorado. Longs Peak stands 4,346 m to the east-northeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 8.9 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Alice is a high mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,315-foot (4,058 m) thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) southwest by south (bearing 217°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, immediately east of the Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties. Just who the namesake Alice was is unclear, but according to one source she was likely a "woman of ill repute".

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Wikidata Q6919356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4048 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.23915, -105.66334

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
Attractions: 57
  • Wind River Ranch: 7.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 11.3 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 11.3 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 11.4 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 11.6 mi
Parks: 49
  • Rocky Mountain National Park: 6.9 mi
  • Town Square Park: 8.2 mi
  • James Cairns Open Space: 8.6 mi
  • AA Barn: 9.6 mi
  • Rocky Mountain National Park: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Fan Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Trio Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Thunder Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Mertensia Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Ribbon Falls: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 8.0 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 10.3 mi
  • Jeffrey Christensen: 10.3 mi
  • Estes Park Women's Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Bond Monument: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 19
Museums: 10
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Sprague Lake: 6.3 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Tuxedo Park: 8.4 mi
  • Endovalley: 12.1 mi
  • Beaver Creek: 14.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mount Alice. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Longs PeakENE 67°4,346 m2.8 mi
Mount MeekerENE 78°4,227 m3.1 mi
Chiefs Head PeakENE 58°4,121 m1.4 mi
Pagoda MountainENE 70°4,082 m2.1 mi
Ships Prow TowerENE 73°4,073.56 m3.1 mi
Storm PeakNE 51°4,060 m2.9 mi
Mount Lady WashingtonENE 60°4,037 m3.4 mi
McHenrys PeakN 11°4,036 m1.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3419:5520:36
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2315:5716:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232531344453595851413124

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 8 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178171 — Mount Alice, Grand County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358912519

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