Mount Powell (Colorado)

Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1][2][3] Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.[3] Mount Powell is very prominent when viewed from the north east, rising 6,000 feet above Green Mountain Reservoir.This Colorado state location article is a stub.
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