Mount Walter | |
Elevation Ft: | 13,141 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 53 |
Parent Peak: | Wheeler Peak |
Location: | Taos County, New Mexico, U.S. |
Range: | Sangre de Cristo Mountains |
Map: | New Mexico |
Map Size: | 160 |
Coordinates: | 36.5623°N -105.4145°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Topo: | USGS Wheeler Peak |
Easiest Route: | Bull-of-the-Woods Trail |
Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the U.S. state of New Mexico, rising to 13,141 feet above sea level. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 53feet of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4miles north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico.[3] Both peaks lie in the Taos Mountains, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which is in turn a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are also in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness of Carson National Forest.