Mount Cumulus

Mountain in the state of Colorado

Mount Cumulus

East aspect

Highest point
Elevation| 12,729 ft (3,880 m)[1]
Prominence| 400 ft (122 m)[1]
Parent peak| Howard Mountain (12,826 ft)[1]
Isolation| 0.97 mi (1.56 km)[1]
Coordinates| 40°24′37″N 105°54′08″W﻿ / ﻿40.4103367°N 105.9022687°W﻿ / 40.4103367; -105.9022687[2]
Naming
Etymology| Cumulus cloud
Geography

Mount Cumulus

Location in Colorado

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Mount Cumulus

Mount Cumulus (the United States)

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Country| United States
State| Colorado
County| Grand County / Jackson County
Protected area| Rocky Mountain National Park
Never Summer Wilderness
Parent range| Rocky Mountains
Never Summer Mountains
Topo map| USGS Mount Richthofen
Geology
Age of rock| Miocene[3]
Type of rock| Granite[3]
Climbing
Easiest route| East slope class 2[4]

Mount Cumulus is a 12,729-foot-elevation (3,880-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

## Description

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Mount Cumulus is situated on the Continental Divide along the boundary shared by Grand County and Jackson County.[5] It is the fourth-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.[6] The mountain is situated on the western boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park and is visible from Trail Ridge Road within the park. The west side of the peak is in the Never Summer Wilderness, on land managed by Medicine Bow–Routt National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into headwaters of the South Fork Michigan River and the east slope drains into the Colorado River except a portion which is diverted by the Grand Ditch. The counterintuitive direction of water flow is because the Continental Divide forms a loop in this area, whereby the peak's west slope runoff flows to the Atlantic Ocean and the east slope to the Pacific. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,700 feet (1,100 meters) above the Kawuneeche Valley in three miles (4.8 km) and over 2,300 feet (700 meters) above the South Fork Michigan River in one mile (1.6 km).

## Etymology

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The mountain's toponym was applied in 1914 by James Grafton Rogers,[7] and was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2] Rogers also named Mount Cirrus and Mount Nimbus, with the three names referring to different types of common clouds. As President of the Colorado Geographic Society, Chairman of the Colorado Geographic Board, and President of the American Alpine Club, Rogers participated in naming many of Colorado's mountains.[8]

## Climate

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According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Cumulus is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[9] 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

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* List of peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park
* Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
* Mountains of Jackson County, Colorado
* Mountains portal

## Gallery

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*   * Mt. Cumulus, with cumulus clouds

* Mt. Cumulus (left), Howard Mountain (right)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Cumulus, Mount - 12,729' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
2. ^ a b "Mount Cumulus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
3. ^ a b Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
4. ^ Lisa Foster (2005), Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 9781565795501, p. 339.
5. ^ "Mount Cumulus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
6. ^ "Mount Cumulus, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 21, 2023.
7. ^ William Bright (2004), Colorado Place Names, Johnson Books, ISBN 9781555663339, p. 38.
8. ^ Stephen H. Hart (1972), James Grafton Rogers, 1883–1971, Americanalpineclub.org
9. ^ 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.

## External links

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* Weather forecast: Mount Cumulus

Places adjacent to Mount Cumulus

| South Fork Michigan River | Howard Mountain | Colorado River

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Mount Cindy |

Mount Cumulus

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Never Summer Wilderness | Mount Nimbus | Kawuneeche Valley

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