Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County. Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.
Mountain Mount Powell is very prominent when viewed from the north east, rising 6,000 feet above Green Mountain Reservoir.
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List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of Colorado
Further reading Mike Garratt, Bob Martin, Colorado's High Thirteeners: A Climbing and Hiking Guide, PP 3-4 Randy Jacobs, Robert M. Ormes, Guide to the Colorado Mountains, P 143
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