Fletcher Mountain Explained

Fletcher Mountain
Elevation Ft:13958
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:611
Isolation Mi:1.27
Range:Mosquito Range, Tenmile Range
Parent Peak:Quandary Peak
Location:Summit County, Colorado, U.S.
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:39.4033°N -106.1289°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Copper Mountain, Colorado

Fletcher Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13958feet thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 13km (08miles) southwest by south (bearing 215°) of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.[1] [2] [3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Fletcher Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. The elevation of Fletcher Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.037 m (+6.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 5787. Fletcher Mountain, Colorado. November 5, 2014.
  3. 179617. Fletcher Mountain. November 5, 2014.
  4. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1027-5606.