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Mount Werner

Mount Werner, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Werner rises to 3,220 m in Colorado. Lost Ranger Peak stands 3,641 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Storm Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 22 miles off.

The story

Mount Werner is a mountain summit in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 10,570-foot (3,222 m) peak is located in Routt National Forest, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east-southeast (bearing 107°) of the City of Steamboat Springs in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was renamed in 1964 in honor of skier Buddy Werner.

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Wikidata Q6924549, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45609, -106.74032

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Storm Peak: 0.5 mi
  • Sunshine Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Buffalo Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Howelsen Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Emerald Mountain: 5.8 mi
Parks: 14
  • Miku Park: 3.8 mi
  • Ski Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • Casey's Pond: 3.9 mi
  • River Creek Park: 4.1 mi
  • Rotary Park: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Fish Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Steamboat Gondola: 2.6 mi
  • Rotary Park Boardwalk: 4.4 mi
  • Yampa River Botanic Park: 4.7 mi
  • Yampa River Botanic Park: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
Museums: 2
  • Tread of Pioneers Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Steamboat Art Museum: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stehley Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulphur Spring: 5.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Stagecoach Swim Beach: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Mount Werner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lost Ranger PeakNNE 12°3,641 m16.6 mi
Mount EthelNNE 13°3,625 m13.6 mi
The DomeN 6°3,581 m16.0 mi
Horse Thief PeakN 2°3,314 m11.0 mi
Red Slide MountainESE 115°3,313 m19.9 mi
White Slide MountainESE 116°3,309 m20.1 mi
Soda MountainN 11°3,295 m6.7 mi
Little Haystack MountainESE 105°3,248 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2816:0116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172131415058656355433018
Precip in2.51.91.62.52.61.61.71.82.32.21.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steamboat Springs, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358908072

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