Smelter Mountain
[
] is part of the
La Plata Mountains
The La Plata Mountains are a small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado, United States. They are located on the border between Montezuma and La Plata counties, about northwest of Durango. Their name is Spani ...
range which is a subset of the
Rocky Mountains of
North America
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. It is located in the Bodo State Wildlife Area, southwest of the community of
Durango
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 ...
in
La Plata County,
Colorado,
United States. Smelter Mountain rises over above the town, and the lower slope of the mountain was home to the
Durango smelter, hence the name of the mountain. Precipitation
runoff
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* Runoff or run-off, another name for bleed, printing that lies beyond the edges to which a printed sheet is trimmed
* Runoff or run-off, a stock market ...
from Smelter Mountain drains into tributaries of the
Animas River
Animas River (''On-e-mas''; es, Río de las Ánimas) is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River (Colorado River), San Juan River, part of the Colorado River, Colorado River System.
The Animas-La Plata Water Pro ...
. A 1.2 mile hiking trail leads to the summit, and other recreational activities include hunting and
paragliding.
[The Durango Herald, July 10, 2018]
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Smelter Mountain
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Mountains of La Plata County, Colorado
San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Mountains of Colorado
North American 2000 m summits