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Mount Sneffels Wilderness

Wilderness Area in Uncompahgre NF, Rocky Mountains near Mountain Village, CO

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The Mount Sneffels Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the town of Ouray. The area is named for Mt. Sneffels, which at 14,150 feet (4,310 m) is a prominent fourteener in the San Juan Mountains. The word "Sneffels" is likely an Americanization of the Old Norse word for Snæfell "snow mountain," which is also the namesake of the Snæfellsnes peninsula and Snæfellsjökull volcano in Iceland.

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Iron Mountain Trail

Camping Areas (1)

Blue Lakes Camping Area

American Robin Turdus migratorius (species)

58 Observations

Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli (species), “Parus Gambelli”

58 Observations

White-Crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (species)

56 Observations

Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana (species)

44 Observations

Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (species)

42 Observations

Gnophaela vermiculata SPECIES · “Police Car Moth”

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Mount Sneffels Wilderness

Mount Sneffels Wilderness

Mount Sneffels Wilderness