Twin Peaks (Ouray County, Colorado)
{{Short description|Mountain in Ouray County, Colorado}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Twin Peaks
| photo = Twin Peaks over Ouray.jpg
| photo_caption = East aspect above Ouray
| elevation_ft = 10970
| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/2429|title=Twin Peaks, West - 10,970' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2023-06-17}}
| prominence_ft = 230.
| isolation_mi = 1.87
| parent_peak =
| country = United States
| state = Colorado
| region = Ouray County
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected area | part = Uncompahgre National Forest
| range = Rocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Sneffels Range{{cite peakbagger|60345|Twin Peaks, Colorado|accessdate=2023-06-17}}
| map = Colorado#USA
| map_caption = Location in Colorado
| label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|38.0275308|N|107.6991518|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis| id = 188604| name = Twin Peaks| access-date = 2023-06-17}}
| topo = USGS Ouray
| rock =
| age =
| type =
| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} hiking
}}
Twin Peaks is a {{convert|10970|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} double summit mountain located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
Description
Twin Peaks is situated one mile west overlooking of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is a subrange of the San Juan Mountains. Twin Peaks' summit, the West Peak, is 2.2 miles east-northeast of Whitehouse Mountain, and the lower East Peak (10,798 ft){{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/2564|title=Twin Peaks, East - 10,798' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2023-06-17}} is separated by 0.4 mile from the west summit. Topographic relief is significant as the east peak rises over {{convert|2000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Ouray in one mile. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Uncompahgre River at the eastern base of the mountain. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Twin Peaks is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, 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 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }} 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.
See also
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
- {{C|Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado}}
Gallery
File:Ouray Landscape.jpg|Twin Peaks above the town of Ouray, Colorado
File:Ouray's Twin Peaks.jpg|East peak of Twin Peaks centered with West summit to left.
File:San Juan Skyway - View of Ouray from Above - NARA - 7721529.jpg
File:Ouray, Colorado22.jpg|Ouray, Colorado, with Twin Peaks at upper left corner