Mount Adams
View of Mount Adams from the south
Highest point
Elevation	13,937 ft (4,248 m) [1] [2]
Prominence	871 ft (265 m) [2]
Isolation	1.86 mi (2.99 km) [2]
Coordinates	38°00′27″N 105°36′17″W / 38.0074996°N 105.6047306°W / 38.0074996; -105.6047306 [3]
Geography
Mount Adams Colorado
Location	Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States [3]
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones [2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Horn Peak, Colorado [3]
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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Climbing

Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge ( Willow Lake), via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead), or via the north west ridge (North Crestone Lake Trailhead).

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

References

External links

• SummitPost.org, Mount Adams
• Rio Grande National Forest: North Crestone Lake Trailhead

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