Mount Walter (New Mexico) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Walter
Mount Walter from Wheeler Peak
Highest point
Elevation	13,141 ft (4,005 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	53 ft (16 m)
Parent peak	Wheeler Peak
Geography
Mount Walter Location in New Mexico
Location	Taos County, New Mexico, U.S.
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Topo map	USGS Wheeler Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	Bull-of-the-Woods Trail

Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the U.S. state of New Mexico, rising to 13,141 feet above sea level. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 53 feet (16 m) of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico. Both peaks lie in the Taos Mountains, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which is in turn a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are also in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness of Carson National Forest.