Alpenglow on the peaks of Ice Lakes Basin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado
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December 18, 2017
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Alpenglow on the peaks of Ice Lakes Basin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado
Ice Mountain is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot (4,254 m) thirteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, 17.1 miles (27.5 km) west-northwest (bearing 290°) of the Town of Buena Vista, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.[
- Elevation 13,958 ft (4,254 m)
- Prominence 1,011 ft (308 m)
- Isolation 2.11 mi (3.40 km)
- Parent peak Huron Peak
- Location Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado, United States
- Parent range Sawatch Range,Collegiate Peaks
- Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic mapWinfield, Colorado
- Peak Uncompahgre Peak
- Elevation 14,309 ft (4,361 m)
- Country United States
- State Colorado, New Mexico
- Parent range Rocky Mountains
The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale mining has ended in the region, although independent prospectors still work claims throughout the range. The last large scale mines were the Sunnyside Mine near Silverton, which operated until late in the 20th century and the Idarado Mine on Red Mountain Pass that closed down in the 1970s. Famous old San Juan mines include the Camp Bird and Smuggler Union mines, both located between Telluride and Ouray.
