Keefe Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Keefe Peak

| photo = Keefe Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Southeast aspect, from Castle Peak

| elevation_ft = 13532

| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/305|title=Keefe Peak - 13,532' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=May 16, 2023}}

| prominence_ft = 497

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.31

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Peak 13552

| etymology = Thomas V. Keefe

| country = United States

| state = Colorado

| region = Pitkin

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

| range = Rocky Mountains
Elk Mountains{{cite peakbagger|pid=5706|title=Keefe Peak, Colorado|access-date=May 16, 2023}}

| map = Colorado#USA

| map_caption = Location in Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39.0326175|N|106.9042174|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=180273|name=Keefe Peak|access-date=May 16, 2023}}

| topo = USGS Maroon Bells

| rock = Granodiorite[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_2090.htm Bruce Bryant, Geologic map of the Maroon Bells quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado], U.S. Geological Survey, 1969.

| age = Tertiary

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2+}}

}}

Keefe Peak is a {{convert|13532|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Keefe Peak is located {{convert|17|mi|km}} west of the Continental Divide in the Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 238th-highest peak in Colorado. The mountain is situated {{convert|11|mi|km}} south-southwest of the community of Aspen and {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} northwest of Castle Peak. The peak is set in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Roaring Fork River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|3000|ft|0}} above Conundrum Creek in {{convert|1.1|mi|km}} and {{convert|2900|ft|0}} above East Maroon Creek in {{convert|1.6|mi|km}}.

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted as "Keefe Mountain" on May 6, 1925, by the United States Board on Geographic Names and revised to "Keefe Peak" on February 2, 1927. The US Forest Service made the suggestion to commemorate one of their former employees, Lieutenant Thomas Victor Keefe (1888–1918), who died while serving in the US Army. The peak is within the territory he served the Forest Service as a deputy forest supervisor. He was born and raised in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1913 with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XYjGAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+victor+Keefe&pg=PA59 War Memorial Dedicated to the Heroic Men of the United States Department of Agriculture who Died in the World War (1932), p. 59.]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Keefe Peak 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.

References

External links

Keefe Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5427144/United%20States/Colorado/Pitkin/Keefe%20Peak weather forecast]
Thomas Victor Keefe in memoriam: [https://books.google.com/books?id=XYjGAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+victor+Keefe&pg=PA59 Photo and biography]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Keefe Peak

| North = Hunter Peak

| Northeast = Hayden Peak

| East = Cathedral Peak

| Southeast = Castle Peak

| South = Hilliard Peak

| Southwest = East Maroon Pass

| West = East Maroon Creek

| Northwest = Pyramid Peak

}}

Category:Mountains of Pitkin County, Colorado