Fletcher Mountain

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of Colorado}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Fletcher Mountain

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| photo = Fletcher Mountain.jpg

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| photo_caption = Northeast aspect

| elevation_ft = 13958

| elevation_ref = The elevation of Fletcher Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.037 m (+6.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=5787|title=Fletcher Mountain, Colorado|access-date=November 5, 2014}}

| prominence_ft = 611

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| isolation_mi = 1.27

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| range = Mosquito Range, Tenmile Range

| parent_peak = Quandary Peak

| location = Summit County, Colorado, U.S.

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39.4033212|N|106.1289099|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=179617|name=Fletcher Mountain|access-date=November 5, 2014}}

| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Copper Mountain, Colorado

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Fletcher Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|13958|ft|0|adj=on}} thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, {{convert|13.0|km|order=flip}} southwest by south (bearing 215°) of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Fletcher 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.

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