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Mountain in Colorado, United States

Ypsilon Mountain
View of Ypsilon Mountain (peak on right) from the Ypsilon Lake Trail just before reaching Chipmunk Lake.
Highest point
Elevation13,520 ft (4,121 m)
Prominence1,116 ft (340 m)
Isolation2.64 mi (4.25 km)
Coordinates40°27′25″N 105°40′52″W / 40.456928°N 105.6811157°W / 40.456928; -105.6811157
Geography
Ypsilon Mountain is located in ColoradoYpsilon MountainYpsilon MountainColorado
LocationRocky Mountain National Park,
Larimer County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent rangeMummy Range
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Winfield, Colorado

Ypsilon Mountain, elevation 13,520 ft (4,121 m), is in the Mummy Range of Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado. The mountain, along with Mount Chiquita, is most easily accessed from a trailhead on Fall River Road to the south.

Ypsilon Mountain, southeast aspect

Climbing

Ypsilon Mountain offers several climbing areas for mountaineers and rock climbers.

In 2023, Bailee Mulholland was fatally injured when she fell 500 feet while free-soloing the Four Aces of Blitzen Ridge on Ypsilon Mountain.

Ypsilon Mountain, morning light

See also

References

  1. The elevation of Ypsilon Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.719 m (+5.64 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ "Ypsilon Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Ypsilon Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. "Ypsilon Mountain : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  5. "Rock Climb Blitzen Ridge, RMNP - Rock". Mountain Project. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  6. "Blitzen Ridge". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  7. "Climber Dies After Fall in Colorado's Alpine". Gripped. July 10, 2023.

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