Mount Ouray

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title: "Mount Ouray" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-chaffee-county,-colorado", "mountains-of-saguache-county,-colorado", "san-isabel-national-forest", "colorado-placenames-of-native-american-origin", "four-thousanders-of-the-united-states"] description: "Mountain in Colorado, United States" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ouray" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Colorado, United States ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Ouray
photo	Mount Ouray, Colorado.jpg
photo_caption	East aspect
elevation_system	NAVD88
elevation	13,961 ft (4255.4 m)
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prominence	2659 ft (810 m)
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isolation	13.58 mi (21.9 km)
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listing	{{unbulleted list
location	Chaffee and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States
range	Sawatch Mountains
map	USA Colorado
map_caption	Colorado
coordinates
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topo	USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Ouray, Colorado
easiest_route	West ridge, class 2
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Mount Ouray is a high and prominent mountain summit in the far southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 4255.4 m thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.0 km west (bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass, Colorado, United States, on the boundary between Chaffee and Saguache counties. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Ouray.

Mountain

Mount Ouray makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains, rising 7,000 feet above the Arkansas River Valley. Monarch Pass is four miles northwest of the peak.

The mountain is named after the Ute Chief Ouray. Nearby Chipeta Mountain, just over a mile to the northwest of Mount Ouray, is named after Chief Ouray's wife.

Routes

The standard route is the west ridge. Starting at Marshall Pass, the route heads north along the Continental Divide until the west ridge of Mount Ouray is reached. From there, one can hike east along this ridge up to the summit.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ouray is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. 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. |location = Mount Ouray 38.4227 N, 106.2250 W, Elevation: 13337 ft (1991–2020 normals) |single line = y

|Jan high F = 23.2 |Feb high F = 23.1 |Mar high F = 28.4 |Apr high F = 33.8 |May high F = 42.4 |Jun high F = 54.3 |Jul high F = 59.4 |Aug high F = 57.0 |Sep high F = 50.9 |Oct high F = 40.8 |Nov high F = 30.3 |Dec high F = 23.6

|Jan mean F = 11.9 |Feb mean F = 11.4 |Mar mean F = 16.1 |Apr mean F = 21.0 |May mean F = 29.7 |Jun mean F = 40.3 |Jul mean F = 45.5 |Aug mean F = 43.9 |Sep mean F = 38.0 |Oct mean F = 28.6 |Nov mean F = 19.3 |Dec mean F = 12.5

|Jan low F = 0.6 |Feb low F = -0.2 |Mar low F = 3.7 |Apr low F = 8.3 |May low F = 17.0 |Jun low F = 26.3 |Jul low F = 31.7 |Aug low F = 30.8 |Sep low F = 25.0 |Oct low F = 16.3 |Nov low F = 8.2 |Dec low F = 1.5

|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 2.70 |Feb precipitation inch = 2.75 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.90 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.39 |May precipitation inch = 2.48 |Jun precipitation inch = 1.19 |Jul precipitation inch = 2.51 |Aug precipitation inch = 2.84 |Sep precipitation inch = 2.26 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.99 |Nov precipitation inch = 2.43 |Dec precipitation inch = 2.48

|source=PRISM Climate Group{{cite web |url= https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ |title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |access-date= October 10, 2023 |quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.}}

Gallery

File:Mount Ouray on skyline.jpg|Mt. Ouray centered on skyline File:Marshall Pass, Colorado, 1899.jpg|Mount Ouray above Marshall Pass in 1899. File:Mount Ouray Colorado 2020.jpg|Aerial photo of Mount Ouray in 2020

Historical names

• Hump Mountain
• Mount Ouray – 1962
• Ouray Mountain
• Ouray Peak – 1906 (there is a different Ouray Peak in northern Chaffee County)

References

References

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4. {{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007

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