| Thatchtop | |
| Elevation Ft: | 12668 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence Ft: | 94 |
| Prominence Ref: | [3] |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.11 |
| Parent Peak: | Powell Peak (13,176 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Colorado |
| Region: | Larimer |
| Region Type: | County |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Rocky Mountain National Park |
| Range: | Rocky Mountains Front Range[4] |
| Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 40.2791°N -105.653°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [5] |
| Topo: | USGS McHenrys Peak |
| Rock: | Biotite schist and gneiss[6] |
| Age: | Paleoproterozoic |
Thatchtop is a 12668feet mountain summit in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.[5]
Thatchtop is set one mile east of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park, approximately 10.5miles southwest of Estes Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Glacier Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Big Thompson River. Topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 2670abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Glacier Gorge in 0.75 mile (1.21 km).
The mountain's descriptive name refers to the matted groundcover of the roof-shaped mountain.[2] The landforms's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[7] although it appeared in publications as early as 1911 if not earlier.[8] The Arapaho called the mountain "Buffalo Climb."[9]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Thatchtop is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[10] 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.