Summit Peak
Encyclopedia
Summit Peak, elevation 13308 ft (4,056.3 m), sits on the Continental Divide
in southern Colorado
. The mountain is the highest point in the South San Juan Wilderness
.
Continental Divide
The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...
in southern 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...
. The mountain is the highest point in the South San Juan Wilderness
South San Juan Wilderness
The South San Juan Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado in the San Juan national forest.-External links:*...
.