Mount Emma
The top of Mt. Emma can be seen centered
(behind Greenback Mountain)
Highest point
Elevation13,581 ft (4,139 m)[1]
Prominence541 ft (165 m)[1]
Parent peakGilpin Peak (13,700 ft)[2]
Isolation0.82 mi (1.32 km)[2]
Coordinates37°58′30″N 107°47′25″W / 37.9748861°N 107.7904150°W / 37.9748861; -107.7904150[3]
Geography
Mount Emma is located in Colorado
Mount Emma
Mount Emma
Location in Colorado
Mount Emma is located in the United States
Mount Emma
Mount Emma
Mount Emma (the United States)
LocationSan Miguel County
Colorado, US
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Sneffels Range[1]
Topo mapUSGS Telluride
Geology
Type of rockExtrusive rock
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 3[2] scrambling

Mount Emma is a 13,581-foot-elevation (4,139-meter) mountain summit located in San Miguel County of Colorado, United States.[3] It is situated three miles north of the community of Telluride, on the south side of Yankee Boy Basin, in the 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. Mount Emma is situated west of the Continental Divide, two miles south of Mount Sneffels, and 0.8 mile south of Gilpin Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Emma ranks as the 197th-highest peak in Colorado,[2] and the 10th-highest in the Sneffels Range.[1] Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 4,830 feet (1,470 meters) above Telluride in approximately three miles. An ascent of Mt. Emma is a difficult climb with 2,180 feet of elevation gain covering three miles from Yankee Boy Basin, or 4,836 feet of elevation gain from Telluride.[4] This mountain's name was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Emma is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] 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. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the San Miguel River.

See also

  • Mountains of San Miguel County, Colorado

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Emma, Colorado". Peakbagger.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Emma, Mount - 13,581' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Emma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  4. Don Scarmuzzi, 2013, Telluride Trails: Hiking Passes, Loops, and Summits of Southwest Colorado, Graphic Arts Books, ISBN 9780871089977.
  5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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