Mount Adams (Colorado) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Adams
View of Mount Adams from the south
Highest point
Elevation	13,937 ft (4,248 m)
Prominence	871 ft (265 m)
Isolation	1.86 mi (2.99 km)
Geography
Mount Adams Location in Colorado
Location	Custer and Saguache counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Crestones
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Horn Peak, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble Class 3

Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,937-foot (4,248 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.

Climbing

Mount Adams can be climbed using Class 3 routes via the west ridge (Willow Lake), via the southeast face (Horn Creek Trailhead), or via the north west ridge (South Crestone Lake Trailhead).