Ouray Peak
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Ouray Peak, 3,949 meters (12,957 ft) tall, is a peak
located central Colorado
. It is 6 miles south of the Independence Pass, and 25 miles southeast of Aspen
, in northern Chaffee County
. The peak is located in the northern Sawatch Mountains.
Not to be confused with:
Mountain
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located central Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. It is 6 miles south of the Independence Pass, and 25 miles southeast of Aspen
Aspen, Colorado
The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005...
, in northern Chaffee County
Chaffee County, Colorado
Chaffee County is one of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 16,242 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Salida.-History:...
. The peak is located in the northern Sawatch Mountains.
Not to be confused with:
- Mount OurayMount OurayMount Ouray is a peak located in the central part of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is 18 miles southwest of the town of Salida, in northern Saguache County, the northern base of the peak stretches into to southern Chaffee County. The peak makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains...
, also called Ouray Peak in northern Saguache CountySaguache County, ColoradoSaguache County is the seventh most extensive of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county name comes from a Ute language word meaning “blue earth” or “water at blue earth”. The county population was 5,917 at U.S. Census 2000...
.