- Mount Sneffels Wilderness
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Mount Sneffels Wilderness IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location Ouray / San Miguel counties, Colorado, USA Nearest city Ouray, CO Coordinates 38°0′35″N 107°51′41″W / 38.00972°N 107.86139°WCoordinates: 38°0′35″N 107°51′41″W / 38.00972°N 107.86139°W Area 16,566 acres (67 km2) Established January 1, 1980 Governing body U.S. Forest Service The Mount Sneffels Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is about 5 miles (8 km) west of the town of Ouray. The area is named for Mt. Sneffels (14,150 ft / 4312 m) 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.
Colorado with Mount Sneffels Wilderness in red highlighted
Panorama of the Sneffels sub range of the San Juan Mountains, photographed from Dallas Divide pass. Most of these peaks are within the Sneffels Wilderness.
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- Protected areas of Ouray County, Colorado
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- Protected areas established in 1980
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- Colorado protected area stubs
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