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Mount Evans is the highest summit of the Chicago Peaks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent fourteener is located in the Mount Evans Wilderness, southwest by south (bearing 214°) of the City of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Arapaho National Forest and Pike National Forest.〔〔〔〔 The peak is one of the characteristic Front Range peaks, dominating the western skyline of the Great Plains along with Pikes Peak, Longs Peak, and nearby Mount Bierstadt. Mount Evans can be seen from over 100 miles away to the east, and many miles in other directions. Mount Evans dominates the Denver Metropolitan Area skyline, rising over 9,000 feet above the area. Mount Evans can be seen from points south of Castle Rock, up to ( south) and as far north as Fort Collins ( north), and from areas near Limon ( east). In the early days of Colorado tourism, Mount Evans and Denver were often in competition with Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs. == Geography == Mount Evans is the highest peak in a massif known historically as the Chicago Peaks.〔David Lavender, (The Rockies ), University of Nebraska Press, 2003 (text copyright 1968); page 151.〕 The peak is 35 miles (56 km) west of Denver, "as the crow flies", and approximately 51 miles (82 km) by road, via Idaho Springs. The other peaks in the massif are: * Mount Spalding (13,842 feet), 1.1 mile northwest〔(Mt. Spalding ) on (www.13ers.com )〕 * Gray Wolf Mountain (13,602 feet), 2.2 miles north-northwest〔(Gray Wolf Mountain ) on (www.13ers.com )〕 * The Sawtooth (13,780 feet), 1.2 miles west〔(The Sawtooth ) on (www.13ers.com )〕 * Mount Bierstadt (14,060 feet), 1.5 miles west-southwest〔(Mt. Bierstadt ) on (www.14ers.com )〕 * Mount Warren (13,307 feet), 1.2 miles north-northeast〔(Mt. Warren ) on (www.13ers.com )〕 * Rogers Peak (13,391 feet), 2.33 miles northeast.〔(Rogers Peak ) on (www.13ers.com )〕 At least 7 deep glacial cirques cut into the Chicago Range. The cirques around Mount Evans are the deepest cirques in the Colorado Rockies.〔Isaiah Bowman, Chapter XX - Rocky Mountains III, Glacial Features, (Forest Physiography ), Wiley, 1914; pages 368-369.〕 The bottoms of many of these contain tarns, the most notable being: * Summit Lake at the head of Bear Creek, 0.5 miles north * the Chicago Lakes at the head of Chicago Creek, 2 miles north * Abyss Lake at the head of Lake Fork, 1 mile west-southwest The Mount Evans Scenic Byway consists of State Highway 103 from Idaho Springs, Colorado on I-70 about 13 miles (21 km) to Echo Lake, and Colorado 5 from Echo Lake 15 miles (24 km), ending at a parking area and turnaround just below the summit. The latter has long been the highest paved road in North America and is only open in the summer. Colorado 103 continues east from Echo Lake to Squaw Pass, from which it connects, via Clear Creek County Road 103 and Jefferson County Road 66, to Bergen Park from which Colorado 74 leads to Evergreen Colorado.〔(Mount Evans ) on the Colorado Department of Transportation web site (www.coloradodot.info )〕 The Guanella Pass Scenic Byway passes within 4 miles west of Mount Evans, linking Georgetown and I-70 with Grant and US 285, 22 miles to the south.〔(Guanella Pass ) on the Colorado Department of Transportation web site (www.coloradodot.info )〕 A marked hiking trail roughly parallels the highway from Echo Lake to the summit, and a second marked trail links Guanella Pass to Mount Bierstadt. A difficult side route of the latter climbs to the northeastern peak of The Sawtooth, from which an easy ridge leads to the summit of Mount Evans. Most of the Mount Evans massif is now part of the Mount Evans Wilderness area in Arapaho National Forest and Pike National Forest. The exception is a narrow corridor along the highway from Echo Lake that is excluded from the wilderness.〔(Mount Evans Wilderness ) on (www.wilderness.net )〕 Summit Lake Park and Echo Lake Park, are part of the historic Denver Mountain Parks system. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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