Mount Parnassus (Colorado)

Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus, as seen from Loveland Ski Area
Highest point
Elevation13,580 ft (4,139 m)[1][2]
Prominence537 ft (164 m)[2]
Isolation0.98 mi (1.58 km)[2]
Coordinates39°43′12″N 105°49′21″W / 39.7199869°N 105.822509°W / 39.7199869; -105.822509[3]
Geography
Mount Parnassus is located in Colorado
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus
LocationClear Creek County, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeFront Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Grays Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking

Mount Parnassus is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,580-foot (4,139 m) thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Parnassus includes an adjustment of +1.732 m (+5.68 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mount Parnassus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Parnassus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mount Parnassus". Front Range (CO). PeakBagger.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. ^ "13ers.com - Mt. Parnassus". Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  6. ^ Roach, Gerry. "Colorado's Summits – 13,000 to 13,999 feet". climb.mountains.com. Mountains.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Parnassus, Mount". CO Peak Statistics. Lists of John. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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