Mount Powell

Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 13586feet thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 13.7km north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County. Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.MountainMount Powell is very prominent when viewed from the north east, rising 6,000 feet above Green Mountain Reservoir.