Little Giant Peak

Mountain in the state of Colorado
Little Giant Peak is located in Colorado
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Little Giant Peak is located in the United States
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CountryUnited StatesStateColoradoCountySan JuanParent rangeRocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains[3]Topo mapUSGS HowardsvilleClimbingEasiest routeclass 2 hiking[1]

Little Giant Peak is a 13,417-foot-elevation (4,090-meter) mountain summit in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Little Giant Peak is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-southeast of the community of Silverton on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] It is three miles (4.8 km) west of the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Animas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,200 feet (370 meters) above Silver Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km) and 3,050 feet (930 meters) above Cunningham Creek in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[2] and has been recorded in publications since at least 1901.[5][6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Little Giant Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[7] 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

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  • Thirteener
  • Mountains of San Juan County, Colorado

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Little Giant Peak - 13,417' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Little Giant Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Little Giant Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  4. ^ BLM Ownership map, Silverton, Colorado, blm.gov
  5. ^ Frederick Leslie Ransome (1901), A Report on the Economic Geology of the Silverton Quadrangle, Colorado, US Government Printing Office, p. 98.
  6. ^ Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey (1906), A Gazetteer of Colorado, US Government Printing Office, p. 105.
  7. ^ 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

  • Weather forecast: Little Giant Peak
  • National Geodetic Survey data sheet
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