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Mount Moss

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is significant as the summit rises 3,500 feet (1,100 meters) above the La Plata River in two miles (3.2 km) and 1,600 feet (490 meters) above Owen Basin in one-half mile (0.8 km). Neighbors include
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with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. 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.
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which was six miles south of the peak. Moss and E.H. Cooper platted the townsite in 1874 and by 1876 it had 50 buildings, a courthouse and two sawmills.
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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Mount Moss is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of the community of
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Hesperus Mountain (left) and Mount Moss (center) from the west at sunset
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Mount Moss (left) and Lavender Peak (right) viewed from Centennial Peak
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The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the
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It ranks as the third-highest summit of the 847: 712: 552: 550: 343:from the mountain's west slope drains to the 8: 371:0.72 miles (1.16 km) to the northwest. 2391: 2269:Iron Mountain (Costilla/Huerfano Counties) 2196: 1780: 1050: 854: 840: 832: 719: 705: 697: 441:Aerial from west: Hesperus, Lavender, Moss 363:, 0.57 miles (0.92 km) to the north, 18: 1144:Iron Mountain (Jackson/Larimer Counties) 629:, US Government Printing Office, p. 268. 604:United States Department of the Interior 2908:Mountains of Montezuma County, Colorado 489: 419: 381:United States Board on Geographic Names 2913:Mountains of La Plata County, Colorado 2414:Grizzly Peak (Chaffee/Pitkin Counties) 584: 582: 580: 578: 7: 734: 524: 522: 520: 518: 516: 514: 347:, the southeast slope drains to the 624:Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1877), 595:Geographic Names Information System 180: 147: 14: 1298:Green Mountain (Jefferson County) 1068:Green Mountain (Jefferson County) 303:on the common boundary shared by 16:Mountain in the state of Colorado 863: 797: 780: 772: 755: 500:, Colorado Mountain Club Press, 466: 446: 434: 422: 179: 172: 146: 139: 27: 1293:Green Mountain (Boulder County) 600:United States Geological Survey 498:Guide to the Colorado Mountains 2368:Red Mountain (Costilla County) 998:Black Mountain (Moffat County) 193:Mount Moss (the United States) 1: 2918:North American 4000 m summits 2903:San Juan Mountains (Colorado) 2347:Lead Mountain (Custer County) 798: 756: 727:Places adjacent to Mount Moss 405:Köppen climate classification 196:Show map of the United States 51:13,192 ft (4,021 m) 2842:Lead Mountain (Grand County) 1303:Grizzly Peak (Summit County) 1248:Black Mountain (Park County) 781: 773: 335:which are a subrange of the 2108:Red Mountain (Ouray County) 1733:Elk Mountain (Grand County) 1008:Elk Mountain (Routt County) 84:0.23 mi (0.37 km) 2939: 2192:Sangre de Cristo Mountains 1478:Taylor Peak (Grand County) 1238:Bear Peak (Boulder County) 690:John Thomas Moss (photo): 558:"Moss, Mount - 13,194' CO" 407:system, Mount Moss has an 385:Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden 383:. The name was applied by 112:37.4389486°N 108.0782487°W 33:Northeast aspect, centered 732: 132: 26: 2923:San Juan National Forest 1483:Thirtynine Mile Mountain 496:Robert M. Ormes (2000), 329:San Juan National Forest 117:37.4389486; -108.0782487 35:(Lavender Peak to right) 2555:Mount of the Holy Cross 656:Hydrol. Earth Syst. 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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Lavender Peak
Isolation
Coordinates
37°26′20″N 108°04′42″W / 37.4389486°N 108.0782487°W / 37.4389486; -108.0782487
Mount Moss is located in Colorado
Mount Moss is located in the United States
Colorado
Montezuma
La Plata
Parent range
Rocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
La Plata Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
class 2+
summit
La Plata County
Montezuma County
Colorado
Durango
San Juan National Forest
La Plata Mountains
Rocky Mountains
runoff

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