Stony Mountain is a mountain summit located in
Ouray County of southwest
Colorado, United States.
It is situated five miles southwest of the community of
Ouray, on land managed by
Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the
Sneffels Range which is a subset of the
San Juan Mountains, which in turn is part of the
Rocky Mountains. It is situated west of the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
, 1.3 miles southwest of
Potosi Peak
Potosi Peak is a 13,786-foot-elevation (4,202 meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of Colorado, United States. It is situated five miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part ...
, and 1.15 miles northeast of parent
Mount Emma.
Yankee Boy Basin
Yankee Boy Basin is an alpine basin in Ouray County, southwestern Colorado. It is in the San Juan Mountains, protected within Uncompahgre National Forest.
The basin−valley is well renowned for its display of wildflowers during the spring bloom ...
is surrounded by Stony Mountain,
Gilpin Peak,
Mount Sneffels, Cirque Mountain, and
Teakettle Mountain.
Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises above Sneffels Creek in less than one mile. The mountain's name, which 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 ...
, was in use before 1899 when
Henry Gannett published it in ''A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States''.
[Henry Gannett, ''A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States'', 1899, US Government Printing Office, page 97.]
Climate
According to the
Köppen climate classification system, Stony Mountain 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. Precipitation
runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the
Uncompahgre River.
See also
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References
External links
* Weather forecast
National Weather Service{{Mountains of Colorado
Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado
San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Mountains of Colorado
North American 3000 m summits
Uncompahgre National Forest