Mount Bross

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title: "Mount Bross" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-park-county,-colorado", "pike-national-forest", "fourteeners-of-colorado", "four-thousanders-of-the-united-states"] description: "Mountain in the state of Colorado" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bross" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in the state of Colorado ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Mount Bross
photo	Mt Bross.jpg
elevation_ft	14178
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	312
prominence_ref
isolation_mi	0.99
isolation_ref
listing	Colorado Fourteener 22nd
location	Park County, Colorado, U.S.
range	Mosquito Range
parent_peak	Mount Cameron
map	Colorado
map_caption	Colorado
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS 7.5' topographic map
Alma, Colorado
easiest_route	East Slopes: Hike,
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| name = Mount Bross | photo = Mt Bross.jpg | photo_caption = | elevation_ft = 14178 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 312 | prominence_ref = | isolation_mi = 0.99 | isolation_ref = | listing = Colorado Fourteener 22nd | location = Park County, Colorado, U.S. | range = Mosquito Range | parent_peak = Mount Cameron | map = Colorado | map_caption = Colorado | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map Alma, Colorado | first_ascent = | easiest_route = East Slopes: Hike,

Mount Bross is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14178 ft fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 6.6 km northwest by north (bearing 327°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States.

Geography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Mount_Lincoln_and_Mount_Bross.png" caption="Mount Bross (left) and [[Mount Lincoln]] (right) as viewed from [[Colorado State Highway 9"] ::

It is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Democrat.

In 2005, the summit of Mount Bross was closed to the public because of safety concerns related to mines and trail access through private land. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/No_Public_Access_to_Mount_Bross_sign_near_Kit_Lake.jpg" caption=""No Public Access" sign near Kite Lake."] ::

References

References

1. {{cite ngs
2. The elevation of Mount Bross includes an adjustment of +2.045 m (+6.71 ft) from [[Sea Level Datum of 1929. NGVD 29]] to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988. NAVD 88]].
3. "Mount Bross, Colorado".
4. {{cite gnis
5. "Mt. Bross Routes". 14ers.com.
6. Mount Bross is named in honor of [[William Bross]], who owned property in the area.Name History of Mount Bross - 14ers http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/historyview.php?parmpeak=Mt.%20Bross&parmcat=Name%20History
7. Louis W. Dawson II. (1994). "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1". Blue Clover Press.
8. "Access Update – Summer 2010". Colorado Fourteeners Initiative.
9. Tillie Fong. (2011-07-19). "Trails on Fourteeners may be opened". Rocky Mountain News.
10. Jim Hughes. (2006-01-24). "Bill protecting fourteeners' landowners climbs in House". The Denver Post.

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