Mount Tweto
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Pike National Forest
Mosquito Range[2]
Mount Tweto is a 13,672-foot (4,167 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Lake County and Park County, in Colorado, United States.
Description
Mount Tweto is set just east of the Continental Divide in the Mosquito Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 12th-highest peak in Park County and the 157th-highest in Colorado.[3] The mountain is located eight miles (13 km) northeast of the community of Leadville on land managed by San Isabel National Forest and Pike National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north and west slopes drains into the headwaters of the East Fork Arkansas River, whereas the south slope drains into the headwaters of Mosquito Creek which is a tributary of the Middle Fork South Platte River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,400 feet (1,036 m) above the East Fork Arkansas in 2.75 miles (4.43 km) and 2,100 feet (640 m) above Mosquito Creek in 1.5 miles (2.4 km). An ascent of the peak involves hiking seven miles (11 km) with 2,900 feet (884 m) of elevation gain.[1] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1986 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Ogden L. Tweto (1912–1983), U.S. Geological Survey geologist who spent the major part of his career studying the geology of Colorado, in particular the area of this peak.[4][5]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Tweto is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
See also
Mountains portal
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- Thirteener
References
- ^ a b Mike Garratt, Bob Martin (1984), Colorado's High Thirteeners, Johnson Books, ISBN 9780917895395, p. 20.
- ^ a b "Mount Tweto, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tweto, Mount - 13,683' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Mount Tweto". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions of the United States Geographic Board, Decision List No. 8601, (1986), p. 2.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Mount Tweto: weather forecast
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