| Darley Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Southwest aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,260 ft (4,042 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 480 ft (150 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Wildhorse Peak (13,266 ft)[3] |
| Isolation | 2.19 mi (3.52 km)[3] |
| Coordinates | 37°58′58″N107°35′17″W / 37.9827669°N 107.5881045°W /37.9827669; -107.5881045[4] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | George M. Darley |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Hinsdale County /Ouray County Colorado,US |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains |
| Topo map | USGSHandies Peak |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2hiking[3] |
Darley Mountain is a 13,260-foot-elevation (4,040-meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary ofHinsdale County withOuray County, in southwestColorado, United States.[4] It is situated five miles southeast of the community ofOuray, in theUncompahgre Wilderness, on land managed byUncompahgre National Forest. It is part of theSan Juan Mountains which are a subset of theRocky Mountains, and is west of theContinental Divide. Neighboring geographic features include Engineer Pass 0.6 mile to the southeast,Engineer Mountain 0.9 mile to the south, and nearest higher neighborWildhorse Peak 2.2 miles to the north.[2] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1992 by theUnited States Board on Geographic Names to commemorate George Marshall Darley (1847–1917), pioneering minister of the San Juan Mountains, who founded and built the first church in western Colorado inLake City in 1876.[1] Lake City is approximately 16 miles east of this mountain.
According to theKöppen climate classification system, Darley Mountain is located in an alpinesubarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] 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. Precipitationrunoff from the mountain's west aspect drains into theUncompahgre River via Bear Creek, and from the east slope into Henson Creek which is a tributary of theGunnison River.
