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Methodist Mountain
Methodist Mountain is located in Colorado
Methodist Mountain
Methodist Mountain
Location in Colorado
Highest point
Elevation 11,713 ft (3,570 m)
Prominence 807 ft (246 m)
Isolation 2.83 mi (4.55 km)
Geography
Location Chaffee and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Poncha Pass, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route hike

Methodist Mountain is a mountain summit in the northern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,713-foot (3,570 m) peak is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by west (bearing 191°) of the City of Salida, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County. Methodist Mountain is the northernmost peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which stretch south through southern Colorado to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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