Summary
Mount Alice is a high mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,315-foot (4,058 m) thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) southwest by south (bearing 217°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, immediately east of the Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties.[1][2][4] Just who the namesake Alice was is unclear, but according to one source she was likely a "woman of ill repute".[5]
| Mount Alice | |
|---|---|
 Southeast aspect, centered | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,315 ft (4,058 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 850 ft (259 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Chiefs Head Peak (13,577 ft)[3] |
| Isolation | 1.37 mi (2.20 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 40°14′21″N 105°39′48″W / 40.2391516°N 105.6633384°W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Alice | |
| Location | Rocky Mountain National Park adjacent to Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Front Range[2] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Isolation Peak, Colorado[4] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Class 3 scramble |
Climbing edit
The standard routes to the summit can be climbed in a long day out of Wild Basin. Most climbers ascent via Hourglass Ridge above Lion lakes or else via Boulder Grand Pass above Thunder Lake. Both are class 3 routes and do not require any technical moves.[6]
Historical names edit
- Mount Alice – 1911 [4]
- Sioux Mountain
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b The elevation of Mount Alice includes an adjustment of +1.659 m (+5.44 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Alice, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "Alice, Mount - 13,319' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Alice". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Dziezynski, James (1 August 2012). Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet. Wilderness Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3.
- ^ "Mount Alice". SummitPost. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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- Satellite View
- Map & Trip Report of Mount Alice