Mount Emmons (Colorado)

Mount Emmons is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains in north-central Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

Description

The peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte.

The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons (as was another peak in Utah).

Historical names

• Mount Emmons
• Red Lady

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
• List of Colorado fourteeners
• List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
• List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points
• Mount Emmons (Utah)

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