| Mount Adams | |
| Elevation Ft: | 13937 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence Ft: | 871 |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.86 |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones |
| Location: | Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States |
| Map: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 38.0075°N -105.6047°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Horn Peak, Colorado |
| Easiest Route: | Scramble Class 3 |
Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13937feet thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 8.2km (05.1miles) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.[1] [2] [3]
Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge (Willow Lake), via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead), or via the north west ridge (North Crestone Lake Trailhead).