Mount Adams (Colorado)
| Mount Adams | |
|---|---|
View of Mount Adams from the south | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,937 ft (4,248 m) |
| Prominence | 871 ft (265 m) |
| Isolation | 1.86 mi (2.99 km) |
| Coordinates | 38°00′27″N 105°36′17″W / 38.0074996°N 105.6047306°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States |
| Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Horn Peak, Colorado |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scramble Class 3 |
Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,937-foot (4,248 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.