Mount Sneffels Wilderness

United States of America

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 wor

d "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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Mount Sneffels peak · 7 km away
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Smuggler-Union Hydroelectric Power Plant hydro_plant · 14 km away
Fort Peabody castelli · 15 km away
Fort Peabody beni_culturali · 15 km away
Orvis Hot Springs terme · 18 km away