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{{Mountains of Colorado Mountains of Colorado Mountains of La Plata County, Colorado San Juan National Forest San Juan Mountains (Colorado) North American 4000 m summits
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
Description
Amherst Mountain is situated in the Needle Mountains which are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains. The remote mountain is located northeast of the community ofDurango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
and set in the Weminuche Wilderness on land managed by San Juan National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Vallecito Creek which is a tributary of the Los Pinos River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Vallecito Creek in and nearly above Johnson Creek in . The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal governm ...
, and has been recorded in publications since at least 1906.Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey (1906), ''A Gazetteer of Colorado'', US Government Printing Office, p. 15.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Amherst Mountain is located in an alpinesubarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
See also
* * List of mountain peaks of Colorado * ThirteenerReferences
External links
* Amherst Mountainweather forecast
{{Mountains of Colorado Mountains of Colorado Mountains of La Plata County, Colorado San Juan National Forest San Juan Mountains (Colorado) North American 4000 m summits