Keefe Peak
| Keefe Peak | |
|---|---|
 Southeast aspect, from Castle Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,532 ft (4,125 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 497 ft (151 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Peak 13552[1] |
| Isolation | 1.31 mi (2.11 km)[1] |
| Coordinates | 39°01′57″N 106°54′15″W / 39.0326175°N 106.9042174°W[2] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Thomas V. Keefe |
| Geography | |
  Keefe Peak Location in Colorado  Keefe Peak Keefe Peak (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Pitkin |
| Protected area | Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains Elk Mountains[3] |
| Topo map | USGS Maroon Bells |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Tertiary[4] |
| Rock type | Granodiorite[4] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2+[1] |
Keefe Peak is a 13,532-foot (4,125 m) mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
Description
[edit]Keefe Peak is located 17 miles (27 km) west of the Continental Divide in the Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 238th-highest peak in Colorado.[1] The mountain is situated 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of the community of Aspen and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Castle Peak. The peak is set in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Roaring Fork River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (914 m) above Conundrum Creek in 1.1 miles (1.8 km) and 2,900 feet (884 m) above East Maroon Creek in 1.6 miles (2.6 km).
Etymology
[edit]The mountain's toponym was officially adopted as "Keefe Mountain" on May 6, 1925, by the United States Board on Geographic Names and revised to "Keefe Peak" on February 2, 1927.[2] The US Forest Service made the suggestion to commemorate one of their former employees, Lieutenant Thomas Victor Keefe (1888–1918), who died while serving in the US Army.[2] The peak is within the territory he served the Forest Service as a deputy forest supervisor. He was born and raised in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1913 with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry.[5]
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen climate classification system, Keefe Peak 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.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Keefe Peak - 13,532' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Keefe Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "Keefe Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Bruce Bryant, Geologic map of the Maroon Bells quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, 1969.
- ^ War Memorial Dedicated to the Heroic Men of the United States Department of Agriculture who Died in the World War (1932), p. 59.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
[edit]- Keefe Peak: weather forecast
- Thomas Victor Keefe in memoriam: Photo and biography
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