Mount Sopris
Mount Sopris as viewed from the campus of Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado
Elevation	12,965 ft (3,951. Colorado Rocky Mountain School ( CRMS) founded in 1953 is a Coeducational boarding and day school in Carbondale Colorado, USA Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to 7 m)[1]
Location	Colorado, United States
Range	Rocky Mountains, Elk Mountains
Prominence	1,453 ft (443 m)[2]
Coordinates	39°15′47.6″N, 107°10′33.1″W (West Sopris)[3]; 39°15′40″N, 107°09′51″W (East Sopris)[4]
Topo map	USGS Mount Sopris (CO)
Easiest route	Mount Sopris Trail (hike)

Looking North West from Mt. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. The Elk Mountains are a high rugged Mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A topographic map is a type of Map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using Contour lines in modern The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall Sopris in Colorado. Photo by JS Nature Photos.

Mount Sopris is a high, twin-summitted mountain peak located at the northwest end of the Elk Mountains in western Colorado in the United States. The Elk Mountains are a high rugged Mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The mountain is located in western Pitkin County, south of Carbondale and southwest of the confluence of the Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers. Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The Crystal River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately 40 mi (64 km long in western Colorado in the United States. The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 mi (113 km long in west central Colorado in the United States. It lies in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, part of the White River National Forest. White River National Forest is a National Forest in northwest Colorado. Mount Sopris is notable for having two summits, East Sopris and West Sopris, that are one-half mile (0. 8 km) apart and have exactly the same elevation of 12,965 feet. ^[5]

Mount Sopris dominates the skyline of Carbondale and the lower Roaring Fork Valley, serving as an unofficial symbol of the area. It is prominently visible from State Highway 82 in the vicinity of Carbondale. State Highway 82 is an 8529 mile (13726 km long State highway in the U In terms of local relief, it is one of the largest peaks in the state of Colorado. For example, West Sopris rises 6,250 ft (1,905 m) above the valley to the west in only 2. 5 mi (4 km). (One can compare this to the corresponding vertical rise of the more well-known Maroon Peak in the heart of the Elks: it rises only about 4,300 ft (1,310 m), at best, in the same horizontal distance. The Maroon Bells is a mountain in the Elk Mountains that consists of two peaks South Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about a third ) In fact a vertical rise of over 6,000 feet in under 3 miles is rare and impressive anywhere in the contiguous United States. The term continental United States refers to the 48 contiguous states located on the North American continent south of the border with Canada plus the District ^[6]

Hiking/Climbing

The Mount Sopris Trail ascends to East Sopris via its east ridge. It starts near Dinkle Lake, on the northeast side of the mountain, and passes between the two Thomas Lakes just before reaching timberline. The ascent involves about 4,300 ft (1,300 m) of vertical gain (plus 600 ft/180 m for a round-trip to West Sopris, if desired) and 12 mi (20 km) of hiking (plus 1 mi/1. 6 km for West Sopris); it is a strenuous trail hike, with some scree. Scree, also called talus and detritic cone, is a term given to broken rock that appears at the bottom of Crags mountain Cliffs or

References

1. ^ West Sopris NAVD 88 elevation, from the National Geodetic Survey. Geodesy (dʒiːˈɒdɪsi also called geodetics, a branch of Earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals East Sopris is marked at the identical elevation on the topographic map.
2. ^ Colorado's Most Prominent Peaks
3. ^ West Sopris NAD 83 coordinates from the National Geodetic Survey
4. ^ East Sopris on Topozone
5. ^ The peaks are connected by a saddle at elevation of about 12,660 feet, giving them a relative prominence of just around 300 feet. The North American Datum is the official datum used for the primary Geodetic network in North America Hence by the usual 300 foot prominence rule for Colorado summits, the two summits are on the borderline of being considered separate peaks.
6. ^ Fred Beckey, Cascade Alpine Guide, The Mountaineers. Fred Beckey (born Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey 14 January 1923 is an American mountaineer, who has made hundreds of First ascents more than any other North American The Cascade Alpine Guides are a series of three climbing guides written by Fred Beckey, longtime explorer and climber of the Cascade Mountains in Washington The Mountaineers is an outdoor recreation and awareness group based in Seattle, Washington and is the third largest group of its kind in the country

External links

• Live Mount Sopris webcam.
• Mount Sopris on Summitpost, an excellent article with many further links
• Rock Glacier on Mount Sopris at NASA Earth Observatory