| Ute Mountain | |
| Elevation Ft: | 10093 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence Ft: | 2483 |
| Prominence Ref: | [3] |
| Isolation Mi: | 10.75 |
| Isolation Ref: | [4] |
| Etymology: | Ute[5] |
| Listing: | Highest major summits of the US |
| Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Map Size: | 240 |
| Location: | Rio Grande del Norte National Monument |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | New Mexico |
| Region: | Taos |
| Region Type: | County |
| Coordinates: | 36.9375°N -105.6839°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [6] |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo Mountains Rocky Mountains |
| Rock: | Dacite[7] |
| Age: | 3.9 Million years |
| Type: | volcanic cone |
| Topo: | USGS Ute Mountain |
| Volcanic Arc: | Taos Plateau volcanic field |
| Easiest Route: | hiking |
Ute Mountain is a 10093adj=midNaNadj=mid summit located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
Ute Mountain is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.[3] The isolated landmark is the highest point of the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] The remote mountain is situated 35 miles north of the town of Taos and four miles south of the New Mexico–Colorado border. Ute Mountain is a free-standing, dacitic, extinct Pliocene volcanic cone set within the Taos Plateau volcanic field.[8] Ute Mountain has a base diameter of five miles and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2500abbr=offNaNabbr=off above the surrounding sagebrush-covered basalt plains.[2] The slopes of the mountain are covered with stands of pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, aspen and Douglas fir.[9] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Rio Grande which flows through a gorge along the western base of the mountain.
The mountain is also known in Spanish as "Cerro del Yuta" (Mountain of the Ute).[10] The origin of the word Ute is unknown; it is first attested as Yuta in Spanish documents. The mountain is named after the Ute people whose self-designation is Núuchi-u, meaning 'the people'.[11] The state of Utah is also named after the Ute people. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[6] and has appeared in publications since at least 1875.[12]