| Mount Cirrus | |
|---|---|
 East aspect, centered, from Trail Ridge Road | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,808 ft (3,904 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 400 ft (122 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Howard Mountain (12,826 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 0.56 mi (0.90 km)[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°26′05″N 105°54′07″W / 40.4346827°N 105.9019049°W[2] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Cirrus cloud |
| Geography | |
  Mount Cirrus Location in Colorado  Mount Cirrus Mount Cirrus (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Grand County / Jackson County |
| Protected area | Rocky Mountain National Park Never Summer Wilderness |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains Never Summer Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Richthofen |
| Geology | |
| Type of rock | shale and granodiorite[3] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Southwest Ridge class 2[4] |
Mount Cirrus is a 12,808-foot-elevation (3,904-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.
- ^ a b c d "Cirrus, Mount - 12,808' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ "Mount Cirrus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
- ^ Lisa Foster (2005), Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 9781565795501, p. 338.