Dunsinane Mountain

LocationHinsdale County
Colorado, USParent rangeRocky Mountains
San Juan MountainsTopo mapUSGS Courthouse MountainClimbingEasiest routeclass 4^[2] North ridge^[4]

Dunsinane Mountain, or officially Dunsinane, is a 12,742-foot-elevation (3,884-meter) mountain summit located in Hinsdale County, of Colorado, United States.^[3] It is situated 11 miles east of the community of Ridgway, in the Uncompahgre Wilderness, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the San Juan Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and is situated west of the Continental Divide. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the Middle Fork Cimarron River valley in approximately one mile. The mountain's name was officially adopted as Dunsinane by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1966, and is so named because it resembles the castle Dunsinane of Shakespeare's Macbeth.^[3][5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dunsinane is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Cimarron River.

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See also

• Chimney Rock
• Mountains of Hinsdale County, Colorado

References

External links

• Dunsinane: Weather forecast
• Dunsinane Mountain Climbing: Mountainproject.com