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Green Mountain is a mountain summit on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 8,148-foot (2,484 m) peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park , 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest by south ( bearing 219°) of downtown Boulder in Boulder County , Colorado , United States .
Old mining roads can be followed to hike along the ridge southwest to Green Mountain. From there, an off-trail ridge hike leads west to the summit. This class 2 route is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) and the elevation gain is 1,850 feet (564 m). [13] [14]
Green Mountain Reservoir Trail is in the northern Gore Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located among the developed campgrounds along the shore of Green Mountain Reservoir, Summit County. Green Mountain Reservoir is north of Interstate 70, west of Highway 9, north of Silverthorne and near Heeney.
Green Knoll is the 17th-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [5] The mountain is situated at the western boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park and is visible from Trail Ridge Road within the park.
The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 1 ] The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons (as was another peak in Utah ).
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slopes drains into Jasper Creek and Boulder Creek, whereas the west slope drains to Fraser River via Cabin Creek. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 2,100 feet (640 m) above Jasper Lake in two miles (3.2 km) and 3,000 feet (914 m) above Cabin Creek in two miles.
The Anthracite Range is a mountain range in the West Elk Mountains, a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The range is located in Gunnison County of western Colorado and lies within the West Elk Wilderness of the Gunnison National Forest. The Anthracite Range is one of several prominent laccoliths found in the West Elk Mountains ...
The mountain is located 20 miles (32 km) west-northwest of Boulder in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, on land managed by Arapaho National Forest and Roosevelt National Forest. It is the 19th-highest summit in the wilderness and 28th-highest in Boulder County. [ 3 ]