Apache Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Colorado}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Apache Peak
| photo = Apache Peak.jpg
| photo_caption = West aspect, centered
(Navajo Peak to right)
| elevation_ft = 13441
| elevation_ref =Robert M. Ormes (1992), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Johnson Books, {{ISBN|9781555661946}}, p. 64.Gerry Roach (1998), Colorado's Indian Peaks, Fulcrum Publishing, {{ISBN|9781555914042}}
| prominence_ft = 1083
| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/362|title=Apache Peak - 13,450' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=April 27, 2023}}
| isolation_mi = 2.22
| parent_peak = North Arapaho Peak (13,508 ft)
| etymology = Apache
| country = United States
| state = Colorado
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected area | part = Indian Peaks Wilderness
| range = Rocky Mountains
Front Range{{cite peakbagger|pid=27006|title=Apache Peak, Colorado|access-date=April 27, 2023}}
| map = Colorado#USA
| map_caption = Location in Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|40.0583790|N|105.6511043|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=178431|name=Apache Peak|access-date=April 27, 2023}}
| topo = USGS Monarch Lake
| rock = Granite[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_87496.htm Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado], W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.
| age = Precambrian[https://books.google.com/books?id=jQtHAQAAMAAJ&dq=Longs+Peak+batholith+precambrian&pg=PA2227 Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.]
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Hiking {{YDS|2}}
}}
Apache Peak is a {{convert|13441|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit on the boundary shared by Boulder County and Grand County, in Colorado, United States.
Description
Apache Peak is set on the Continental Divide in the Front Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is located {{convert|21|mi|km}} west of Boulder in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, on land managed by Arapaho National Forest and Roosevelt National Forest. It is the second-highest summit in the wilderness and third-highest in Grand County. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains into headwaters of South St. Vrain Creek, whereas the west slope drains to Monarch Lake thence Lake Granby via Cascade and Arapaho creeks. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|2840|ft|0}} above Wheeler Basin in one mile (1.6 km) and {{convert|2460|ft|0}} above Triangle Lake in one-half mile. An ascent of the peak involves hiking {{convert|12.5|mi|km}} (round trip) with {{convert|3400|ft|0}} of elevation gain.Brittany Konsella, Frank Konsella (2017), Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594858833}} The mountain was named by Ellsworth Bethel,James Dziezynski (2012), Best Summit Hikes in Colorado, AdventureKEEN, {{ISBN|9780899977126}}, p. 64. and the toponym was officially adopted in 1914 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} 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. This climate supports the Fair Glacier in the peak's northwest cirque and the Isabelle Glacier on the northeast slope.
Climbing
Gallery
File:Apache, Navajo, Arikaree peaks.jpg|West aspect of Apache Peak (left)
Navajo Peak centered, Arikaree Peak (right).
File:Indian Peaks Wilderness, Lake Isabelle.jpg|East aspect of Navajo Peak (left, pyramid shape), Apache Peak (center), and Shoshoni Peak (right). Lake Isabelle to left.
File:Apache Peak above Lake Isabelle.jpg|East aspect
File:LakeIsabelle.jpg|Apache Peak (center) from Lake Isabelle
File:Apache Peak from Lake Dorothy.jpg|Apache Peak / Navajo Peak viewed from the southwest at Lake Dorothy.
File:Lake Isabelle in Colorado.jpg|Navajo Peak, Apache Peak, and Shoshoni Peak reflected in Lake Isabelle
See also
- Thirteener
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- Apache Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5574331/United%20States/Colorado/Boulder/Apache%20Peak weather forecast]
- Apache Peak climbing: [https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105745995/apache-peak Mountainproject.com]
{{Mountains of Colorado}}
Category:Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
Category:Mountains of Boulder County, Colorado
Category:Four-thousanders of the United States
Category:Arapaho National Forest