| Mount Ridgway | |
| Elevation Ft: | 13468 |
| Prominence Ft: | 428 |
| Isolation Mi: | 0.94 |
| Isolation Ref: | [1] |
| Parent Peak: | Whitehouse Mountain (13,492 ft) |
| Etymology: | Robert M. Ridgway |
| Location: | Ouray County Colorado, US |
| Range: | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains Sneffels Range |
| Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 38.0136°N -107.7531°W |
| Topo: | USGS Mount Sneffels |
| Rock: | Extrusive rock |
| Easiest Route: | hiking |
Mount Ridgway is a 13468feet mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States.[2] It is situated five miles west of the community of Ouray, on land managed by 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. It is west of the Continental Divide, 2.2 miles east-northeast of Mount Sneffels, and 0.95 miles southwest of Whitehouse Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 3000abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Blaine Basin in one mile.
This mountain, the nearby town of Ridgway, the Ridgway Dam, and Ridgway State Park trace their names to Denver & Rio Grande Railroad superintendent Robert Matthew Ridgway (1834–1908), who established the town in 1891.[3] [4] The mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ridgway 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 Uncompahgre River.