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2019 Map of Storm King Peak

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Storm King Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Storm King Peak dominates a high-elevation alpine landscape at the meeting point of the San Juan National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest. This 2019 survey documents the complex topography of the Grenadier Range and the series of numbered summits from Needle Mountains Peak One through Needle Mountains Peak Ten. The presence of Beartown in the northeast corner of the sheet provides a rare point of named human settlement in an area otherwise defined by glacially carved features and high passes.

Modern transit through this wilderness is traced by the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail as it winds across the Continental Divide near Hunchback Pass. The drainage patterns are clearly delineated, with Vallecito Cr and Tenmile Cr flowing from high-altitude water bodies like Trinity Lake and Balsam Lake. This map is an essential resource for understanding the hydrography and vertical relief of the southern Colorado Rockies, from Electric Peak to the deep cut of Whitehead Gulch.