Stony Mountain (Colorado)

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Stony Mountain

| photo = Stony Mountain, Yankee Boy Basin.jpg

| photo_caption = Northwest aspect

| elevation_ft = 12698

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|58930|Stony Mountain, Colorado}}

| prominence_ft = 414

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.14

| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/1122|title=Stony Mountain - 12,698' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-07-03}}

| parent_peak = Mount Emma (13,581 ft)

| etymology =

| location = Ouray County
Colorado, US

| range = Rocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Sneffels Range

| map = Colorado#USA

| map_caption = Location in Colorado

| label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|37.9823959|N|107.7713753|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Telluride

| rock = Extrusive rock

| age =

| type =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2+}} scrambling

}}

Stony Mountain is a {{convert|12,698|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States.{{cite gnis| id =187099| name = Stony Mountain| accessdate = 2021-07-03}} It is situated five miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subset of the San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the Rocky Mountains. It is situated west of the Continental Divide, 1.3 miles southwest of Potosi Peak, and 1.15 miles northeast of parent Mount Emma. Yankee Boy Basin is surrounded by Stony Mountain, Gilpin Peak, Mount Sneffels, Cirque Mountain, and Teakettle Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises {{convert|2,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Sneffels Creek in less than one mile. The mountain's name, which has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, was in use before 1899 when Henry Gannett published it in A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States.Henry Gannett, A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, 1899, US Government Printing Office, page 97.