Mount Wilson (Colorado)

Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson
	Mount Wilson
Highest point
Elevation	14,252 ft (4,344 m); NAVD88
Prominence	4,024 ft (1,227 m)
Isolation	33.0 mi (53.1 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 43rd; US highest major peaks 29th; Colorado highest major peaks 14th; Colorado fourteeners 16th; Colorado county high points 15th;
Coordinates	37°50′21″N 107°59′29″W / 37.8391607°N 107.9914581°W
Geography
	Mount Wilson Location in Colorado
Location	High point of Dolores County, Colorado, United States
Parent range	Highest summit of the; San Miguel Mountains
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Wilson, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	September 13, 1874, by A. D. Wilson, Franklin Rhoda, and others (Hayden Survey party)
Easiest route	Southwest Slopes: Scramble, class 3

Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,252-foot (4,344 m) fourteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north by east (bearing 12°) of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.^[a]^[1]^[2] Mount Wilson should not be confused with the lower Wilson Peak nearby.

The peak was named for A.D. Wilson, a topographer with the Hayden Survey. He was in the first ascent party, which climbed the peak on September 13, 1874, via the south ridge (a difficult route, not often climbed today).^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mount Wilson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Wilson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
^ "Mt. Wilson Routes". 14ers.com.
^ Walter R. Borneman and Lyndon J. Lampert, A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (3rd ed.), Pruett Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-87108-850-9, pp. 231–239.

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[PB-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mount Wilson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.

[GNIS-2] "Mount Wilson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

[3] "Mt. Wilson Routes". 14ers.com.

[borneman-lampert-5] Walter R. Borneman and Lyndon J. Lampert, A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (3rd ed.), Pruett Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-87108-850-9, pp. 231–239.

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