Mount Bross Explained

Mount Bross
Elevation Ft:14178
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:312
Prominence Ref:[3]
Isolation Mi:0.99
Listing:Colorado Fourteener 22nd
Location:Park County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Range:Mosquito Range
Parent Peak:Mount Cameron
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:39.3354°N -106.1077°W
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Alma, Colorado
Easiest Route:East Slopes: Hike, [5]

Mount Bross is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14178feet fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 6.6km (04.1miles) northwest by north (bearing 327°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States.[1] [2] [3] [4] Mount Bross is named in honor of William Bross, who owned property in the area.[6]

Geography

With a topographic prominence in the range of 292 to 332 feet (89 to 101 m), Mount Bross barely qualifies as an independent peak by the standard 300 foot prominence rule. It is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Democrat.[7]

In 2005, the summit of Mount Bross was closed to the public because of safety concerns related to mines and trail access through private land.[8] [9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. KL0628. MT BROSS ET. October 20, 2014.
  2. The elevation of Mount Bross includes an adjustment of +2.045 m (+6.71 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 5796. Mount Bross, Colorado. October 20, 2014.
  4. 179961. Mount Bross. October 29, 2014.
  5. Web site: Mt. Bross Routes . 14ers.com .
  6. Name History of Mount Bross - 14ers http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/historyview.php?parmpeak=Mt.%20Bross&parmcat=Name%20History
  7. Book: Louis W. Dawson II . Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1 . Blue Clover Press . 1994 . 0-9628867-1-8 . registration .
  8. Web site: Access Update – Summer 2010 . Colorado Fourteeners Initiative . 2013-09-03 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100709224519/http://www.14ers.org/peaks_Mosquito_Bross.php . July 9, 2010 .
  9. Web site: Trails on Fourteeners may be opened . Tillie Fong . Rocky Mountain News . 2011-07-19 . 2008-06-28.
  10. Web site: Bill protecting fourteeners' landowners climbs in House . Jim Hughes . The Denver Post . 2006-01-24 . 2011-07-19.