Mount Eolus
{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Eolus
| photo = Mount Eolus.jpg
| photo_size = 240
| photo_caption = Mount Eolus
| elevation_ft = 14085.0
| prominence_ft = 1024
| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=5860|title=Mount Eolus, Colorado|access-date=October 20, 2014}}
| isolation_mi = 1.69
| range = San Juan Mountains,
Needle Mountains
| listing = Colorado fourteeners 33rd
| location = La Plata County, Colorado, U.S.
| map = Colorado
| map_caption = Location in Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|37.621778|N|107.622693|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=187988|name=Mount Eolus|access-date=October 20, 2014}}
| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Columbine Pass, Colorado
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Northeast Ridge: Scramble, {{YDS|3}}{{cite web | url = https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10032 | title = Mt. Eolus Routes | publisher = 14ers.com }}
}}
Mount Eolus is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|14085|ft|0|adj=on}} fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, {{convert|44.1|km|order=flip}} northeast by north (bearing 29°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.The elevation of Mount Eolus includes an adjustment of +1.756 m (+5.76 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874 Hayden Survey.{{cite book|last=Dziezynski|first=James|title=Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KT0Uf6MLtisC&pg=PA275|date=1 August 2012|publisher=Wilderness Press|isbn=978-0-89997-713-3|page=275}} The current spelling of "Eolus" was first used in the Wheeler Survey of 1878.{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Colorado Place Names|year=1993|publisher=Johnson Books|location=Boulder, Colo.|isbn=1-55566-102-5}}
Climbing
Mount Eolus is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the others are Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak. All three peaks are located around the cirque known as Upper Chicago Basin. Eolus lies to the west of the upper basin, while the other peaks lie on the east side. These mountains are among the most remote of Colorado's fourteeners and have a strong wilderness character.
North Eolus, elevation {{convert|14045|ft|m|abbr=on}}, is a northern subpeak of Mount Eolus, though it is not usually counted as a separate peak or as an official fourteener, since it has a topographic prominence of only {{convert|179|ft|m|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=North Eolus, Colorado|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5859|work=Summits of the World|publisher=peakbagger.com|access-date=September 29, 2014}} It is sometimes climbed in conjunction with Eolus.{{cite book |author=Louis W. Dawson II |title=Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2 |publisher=Blue Clover Press |year=1996 |isbn=0-9628867-2-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dawsonsguidetoco00daws }}
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Mount Eolus 37.6271 N, 107.6151 W, Elevation: {{cvt|13333|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)
|single line = y
|Jan high F = 25.2
|Feb high F = 24.9
|Mar high F = 29.4
|Apr high F = 34.2
|May high F = 42.6
|Jun high F = 54.2
|Jul high F = 58.6
|Aug high F = 56.5
|Sep high F = 50.8
|Oct high F = 41.4
|Nov high F = 31.8
|Dec high F = 25.4
|Jan mean F = 13.3
|Feb mean F = 12.6
|Mar mean F = 16.8
|Apr mean F = 21.3
|May mean F = 29.9
|Jun mean F = 40.5
|Jul mean F = 45.4
|Aug mean F = 43.9
|Sep mean F = 38.2
|Oct mean F = 29.0
|Nov mean F = 20.3
|Dec mean F = 13.8
|Jan low F = 1.4
|Feb low F = 0.4
|Mar low F = 4.1
|Apr low F = 8.4
|May low F = 17.2
|Jun low F = 26.9
|Jul low F = 32.2
|Aug low F = 31.2
|Sep low F = 25.5
|Oct low F = 16.6
|Nov low F = 8.8
|Dec low F = 2.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.80
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.95
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.65
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.72
|May precipitation inch = 3.52
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.30
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.46
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.99
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.19
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.99
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.54
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.99
|source=PRISM Climate Group{{cite web
|url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
|title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|access-date= October 10, 2023
|quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.}}
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See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of Colorado fourteeners
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Gallery
File:Alpenglow on the Eolus Peaks.jpg|Mount Eolus seen from Sunlight Peak.
File:Mount Eolus se.jpg|Southeast aspect
File:Mount Eolus summit.jpg|Summit
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{cite web
| url = https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/14er.php?peakid=10066
| title = North Eolus
| publisher = 14ers.com
}}
- [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150535/mount-eolus.html Mount Eolus on Summitpost]
{{Mountains of Colorado}}
{{Colorado highest}}
{{Colorado Fourteeners}}
{{NA highest}}
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Category:Fourteeners of Colorado