| Mount Zwischen | |
| Elevation Ft: | 12011 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence Ft: | 2266 |
| Isolation Mi: | 4.44 |
| Listing: | Colorado prominent summits |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo Range |
| Location: | Huerfano and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States |
| Map: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 37.7912°N -105.4554°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Medano Pass, Colorado |
Mount Zwischen is a prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12011feet peak is located 51.6km (32.1miles) northeast (bearing 46°) of the City of Alamosa, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating the Great Sand Dunes Wilderness in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve and Huerfano County from the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in San Isabel National Forest and Saguache County.[1] [2] [3]
The mountain's name means in German, and the mountain lies between Mosca Pass to the south and Medano Pass to the north. But it also lies between several other geographical pairs.[4] For example, it lies between the Rio Grande National Forest on the west and the San Isabel National Forest to the east. Its west side is in Saguache County and its east side is in Huerfano County.
A lightning-caused wildfire — the Medano Fire — burned on and around the mountain's slopes in 2010.[5]