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The Eagles Nest Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the Gore Range near Vail, Copper Mountain, Frisco, Silverthorne, and Heeney, in Summit and Eagle Counties, Colorado. Eagles Nest Wilderness falls within the jurisdiction of Dillon Ranger District and Holy Cross Ranger District, White River National Forest. The 135,114-acre (546.79 ...
Eagles Nest is set in the Gore Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is located 10 miles (16 km) north of the community of Vail in the Eagles Nest Wilderness on land managed by Arapaho National Forest. It ranks as the 2nd-highest peak in the Gore Range and the 2nd-highest in the wilderness. [4]
Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and ...
Pyramid Peak 14,025 ft (4,275 m), Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Elk Mountains Mount of the Holy Cross 14,011 ft (4,271 m), Holy Cross Wilderness , Sawatch Range The following two peaks are often included in lists of the Colorado fourteeners, but do not pass the 300 ft topographic prominence metric commonly used by U.S. Mountaineers:
Meridian Peak is a mountain summit in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 12,432-foot (3,789 m) peak is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) north by west (bearing 353°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.
In 2021, the federal agency released a report that showed more than one third of the 445 elk fenced in at Tomales Point at the time had died the previous winter, reducing the population to 293.
The mountain is located six miles (9.7 km) northeast of the community of Vail in the Eagles Nest Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. It ranks as the seventh-highest peak in the Gore Range as well as the wilderness. [2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into headwaters of the Piney River.
The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak.The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km 2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties.