Mount Mahler is a mountain

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in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Mahler is the eighth-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated on the northern boundary of the

Never Summer Wilderness The Never Summer Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located immediately west of Rocky Mountain National Park in the Never Summer Mountains of Arapaho National Forest in northern Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mou ...

, on land managed by

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. Precipitation

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from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the

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. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Silver Creek in and above Lake Agnes in 0.6 mile (0.97 km).

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on October 18, 2006, by the

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to honor

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

(1860–1911), Austro-Bohemian

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composer and conductor.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Mahler is located in an alpine

subarctic 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.

Gallery

File:Nokhu Crags and Mt. Mahler.jpg,

Nokhu Crags Nokhu Crags is a rock formation and mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The name is derived from the Arapaho language, ''Neaha-no-xhu'', meaning "Eagles Nest." The peak is located in Stat ...

(left) and Mt. Mahler (right of center) File:Mt. Mahler and Braddock Peak.jpg, Mt. Mahler (center) and

Braddock Peak Braddock Peak is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in State Forest State Park, south-southwest ( bearing 201°) of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, Uni ...

(right) File:Northern end of Never Summer Mountains.jpg, The northern group of the Never Summer Mountains.
Left to rightː Nokhu Crags, Mt. Richthofen, Mt. Mahler, Braddock Peak File:Lake Agnes (3837783539).jpg, North aspect of Mahler, from Lake Agnes File:Diamond Peaks hike, Colorado.jpg, The northern group of the Never Summer Mountains viewed from Diamond Peaks. Left to rightː Nokhu Crags, Mt. Richthofen, Mt. Mahler, Braddock Peak

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