Mount Ouray is a high and prominent

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summit in the far southern

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of the

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of North America. The

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is located in

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, west ( bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass,

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, on the boundary between Chaffee and Saguache counties. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Ouray.

Mountain

Mount Ouray makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains, rising 7,000 feet above the Arkansas River Valley.

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is four miles northwest of the peak. The mountain is named after the Ute Chief Ouray. Nearby Mount Chipeta, just over a mile to the northwest of Mount Ouray, is named after Chief Ouray's wife. Mount Ouray, Colorado

Routes

The standard route is the west ridge. Starting at Marshall Pass, the route heads north along the Continental Divide until the west ridge of Mount Ouray is reached. From there, one can hike east along this ridge up to the summit.

Historical names

*Hump Mountain *Mount Ouray – 1962 *Ouray Mountain *Ouray Peak – 1906 (there is a different Ouray Peak in northern Chaffee County)

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