Rinker Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Rinker Peak
| photo = Twin Peaks and Rinker Peak.jpg
| photo_caption = Twin Peaks and Rinker Peak (behind)
Northeast aspect, from Twin Lakes
| elevation_ft = 13789
| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/137|title=Rinker Peak - 13,789' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=July 8, 2023}}
| prominence_ft = 943
| isolation_mi = 1.53
| parent_peak = Mount Hope (13,939 ft)
| etymology = Robert Lee Rinker
| country = United States
| state = Colorado
| region = Chaffee
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected area | part = San Isabel National Forest
| range = Rocky Mountains
Sawatch Range
Collegiate Peaks{{cite peakbagger|pid=5742|title=Rinker Peak, Colorado|access-date=July 8, 2023}}
| map = Colorado#USA
| map_caption = Location in Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|39.0367697|N|106.4401248
|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=196426|name=Rinker Peak|access-date=July 8, 2023}}
| topo = USGS Mount Elbert
| rock =
| age =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} hiking Northeast ridge
}}
Rinker Peak is a {{convert|13789|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
Description
Rinker Peak is set approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} east of the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subrange of the Sawatch Range. The mountain is located {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of Twin Lakes on land managed by San Isabel National Forest. It ranks as the 114th-highest summit in Colorado. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Lake Creek which is a tributary of the Arkansas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|4100|ft|0}} above Lake Creek in {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}. The highest peak in Colorado, Mount Elbert, is {{convert|5.59|mi|km}} to the north of Rinker. An ascent of Rinker Peak involves eight miles of hiking with 4,700-feet of elevation gain.Mike Garratt, Bob Martin (1984), Colorado's High Thirteeners, Johnson Books, {{ISBN|9780917895395}}, p. 40.
Etymology
The mountain's toponym was officially adopted June 11, 1987, by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Robert Lee Rinker (1911–1985) who lived at the base of the mountain for 52 years.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Rinker 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. Climbers can expect afternoon rain, hail, and lightning from the seasonal monsoon in late July and August.
See also
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
- {{C|Mountains of Chaffee County, Colorado}}
- Thirteener
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- Rinker Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5436470/United%20States/Colorado/Chaffee/Rinker%20Peak weather forecast]
- Flickr (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sawatch-joe/49733217687/in/dateposted/ Mt. Hope, Twin Peaks, Rinker Peak]
{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Rinker Peak
| North = Mount Elbert
| Northeast = Twin Lakes
| East = Willis Gulch
| Southeast = Mount Hope
| South = Ervin Peak
| Southwest = La Plata Peak
| West = Ellingwood Ridge
| Northwest = Lake Creek
}}
{{Mountains of Colorado}}
Category:Mountains of Chaffee County, Colorado