Mount Eolus map

Mount Eolus

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14 094 ft

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

1 024 ft

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 10 098 ft

14er

Mountains higher than 14 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 4 ⁠267 ⁠m with at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

Mount Eolus is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,090-foot (4,295 m) fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.4 miles (44.1 km) northeast by north (bearing 29°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.

Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874 Hayden Survey. The current spelling of "Eolus" was first used in the Wheeler Survey of 1878.

There's a trail called Mount Eolus Climber's Route leading to the summit.

By elevation Mount Eolus is

# 79 out of 91437 in USA
# 36 out of 4045 in Colorado
# 2 out of 126 in Weminuche Wilderness Area
# 2 out of 132 in La Plata County
# 6 out of 732 in the San Juan Mountains
# 36 out of 4253 in the Southern Rocky Mountains

By prominence Mount Eolus is

# 20 out of 126 in Weminuche Wilderness Area
# 10 out of 132 in La Plata County
# 92 out of 732 in the San Juan Mountains