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2016 Map of Mount Yale

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Mount Yale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Mount Yale and the high summits of the Collegiate Peaks dominate this 2016 survey along the boundary between the Gunnison National Forest and San Isabel National Forest. The landscape is defined by a network of drainage basins including Middle Cottonwood Cr and S Cottonwood Cr, which feed various high-altitude water bodies like Hartenstein Lake and the Holywater Beaver Ponds.

A robust system of trails serves the area, notably the Colorado Trail and Mt Yale Trail, providing access to the high passes. Evidence of local naming traditions is found in the numerous gulches, such as Dead Can Gulch, Robey Gulch, and Green Timber Gulch, which suggest a history of early prospecting or timber work. State Hwy 306 provides the primary vehicle access into the heart of the mountains, leading toward Cottonwood Lake and the Porphyry Gulch area.