Jupiter Mountain

Jupiter Mountain
Jupiter Mountain
	Northwest aspect, from Chicago Basin
Highest point
Elevation	13,836 ft (4,217 m)
Prominence	350 ft (107 m)
Parent peak	Windom Peak
Isolation	0.60 mi (0.97 km)
Coordinates	37°36′45″N 107°35′31″W / 37.6124995°N 107.5920043°W
Geography
	Jupiter Mountain Location in Colorado Jupiter Mountain Jupiter Mountain (the United States)
Location	La Plata County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	San Juan Mountains,; Needle Mountains
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Columbine Pass, Colorado

Jupiter Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,836-foot (4,217 m) thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.7 miles (44.6 km) northeast by north (bearing 33°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Jupiter Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[4] 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.

Historical names

Jupiter Mountain – 1972 ^[3]
Jupiter Peak

References

^ ^a ^b The elevation of Jupiter Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.777 m (+5.83 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Jupiter Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Jupiter Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ 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.