Mount Bross
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Colorado}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Bross
| photo = Mt Bross.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_ft = 14178
| elevation_ref = {{cite ngs|pid=KL0628|name=MT BROSS ET|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}The elevation of Mount Bross includes an adjustment of +2.045 m (+6.71 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
| prominence_ft = 312
| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=5796|title=Mount Bross, Colorado|access-date=October 20, 2014}}
| isolation_mi = 0.99
| listing = Colorado Fourteener 22nd
| location = Park County, Colorado, U.S.{{cite gnis|id=179961|name=Mount Bross|access-date=October 29, 2014}}
| range = Mosquito Range
| parent_peak = Mount Cameron
| map = Colorado
| map_caption = Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|39.335446|N|106.1077257|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Alma, Colorado
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = East Slopes: Hike, {{YDS|1}}{{cite web | url = https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10022 | title = Mt. Bross Routes | publisher = 14ers.com }}
}}
Mount Bross is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|14178|ft|0|adj=on}} fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, {{convert|6.6|km|order=flip}} northwest by north (bearing 327°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States. Mount Bross is named in honor of William Bross, who owned property in the area.Name History of Mount Bross - 14ers http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/historyview.php?parmpeak=Mt.%20Bross&parmcat=Name%20History
Geography
File:Mount Lincoln and Mount Bross.png (right) as viewed from Colorado State Highway 9]]
It is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Democrat.{{cite book |author=Louis W. Dawson II |title=Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1 |publisher=Blue Clover Press |year=1994 |isbn=0-9628867-1-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dawsonsguidetoco00daws }}
In 2005, the summit of Mount Bross was closed to the public because of safety concerns related to mines and trail access through private land.{{cite web|url=http://www.14ers.org/peaks_Mosquito_Bross.php |title=Access Update – Summer 2010 |publisher=Colorado Fourteeners Initiative |access-date=2013-09-03 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709224519/http://www.14ers.org/peaks_Mosquito_Bross.php |archive-date=July 9, 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=121985FF77866E88&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Trails on Fourteeners may be opened |author=Tillie Fong |publisher=Rocky Mountain News |date=2011-07-19 |access-date=2008-06-28}}{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F6071B817FD1D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Bill protecting fourteeners' landowners climbs in House |author=Jim Hughes |publisher=The Denver Post |date=2006-01-24 |access-date=2011-07-19}}
File:No Public Access to Mount Bross sign near Kit Lake.jpg
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See also
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/14er.php?peakid=10022 Mount Bross on 14ers.com]
- [http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=28 Mount Bross on Listsofjohn.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111110043647/http://peakery.com/Mount-Bross-Colorado/ Mount Bross on Peakery.com]
- [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150206/mount-bross.html Mount Bross on Summitpost]
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{{Colorado Fourteeners}}
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Category:Mountains of Park County, Colorado