Turner Peak
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Sawatch Range
Collegiate Peaks
Turner Peak is a 13,233-foot-elevation (4,033-meter) mountain summit in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
Description
Turner Peak is set 0.4 miles (0.64 km) east of the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subrange of the Sawatch Range.[2] The peak is located 13.3 miles (21.4 km) west of the community of Buena Vista in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, on land managed by San Isabel National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of Cottonwood Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Arkansas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,400 feet (732 m) above the creek's middle fork in 1.2 miles (1.9 km). Chaffee County Road 306 traverses the southern base of this mountain near Cottonwood Pass. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1976 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember William E. Turner (?–1976), pioneer resident and historian who once cut timber at the base of this mountain.[5]
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Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Turner Peak 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. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August.
See also
Mountains portal
- Jones Mountain (Chaffee County, Colorado)
- Thirteener
References
- ^ Maryann Gaug (2011), Hiking Colorado, Third Ed., Falcon Guides, ISBN 978-0-7627-5982-8, p. 317.
- ^ a b "Turner Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Turner Peak - 13,238' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "Turner Peak, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "Turner Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
External links
- Turner Peak: weather forecast
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