Mount Zirkel Loop Trail Colorado

Mount Zirkel is the highest summit of the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,185-foot peak is located in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness of Routt National Forest, 25.9 miles north-northeast of the City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Jackson and Routt counties. Mount Z…
Mount Zirkel is the highest summit of the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,185-foot peak is located in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness of Routt National Forest, 25.9 miles north-northeast of the City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Jackson and Routt counties. Mount Zirkel was named in honor of German geologist Ferdinand Zirkel.
  • Elevation: 12,185 ft (3,714 m)
  • Location: Jackson County and the high point of Routt County, Colorado, U.S.
  • Prominence: 3,470 ft (1,058 m)
  • Isolation: 37.66 mi (60.61 km)
  • Listing: Colorado county high points 36th
  • Etymology: Ferdinand Zirkel
  • Parent range: Highest summit of the · Park Range
Data from: en.wikipedia.org