Fletcher Mountain
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,958 ft (4,254 m)[1][2]
Prominence611 ft (186 m)[2]
Parent peakQuandary Peak[2]
Isolation1.27 mi (2.04 km)[2]
Coordinates39°24′12″N 106°07′44″W / 39.4033212°N 106.1289099°W / 39.4033212; -106.1289099[3]
Geography
Fletcher Mountain is located in Colorado
Fletcher Mountain
Fletcher Mountain
LocationSummit County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeMosquito Range, Tenmile Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Copper Mountain, Colorado[3]

Fletcher Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot (4,254 m) thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 8.1 miles (13.0 km) southwest by south (bearing 215°) of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Fletcher Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Fletcher Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.037 m (+6.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fletcher Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fletcher Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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