Mount Walter (New Mexico)

Mount Walter
Mount Walter summit sign
Elevation	13,133 ft (4,003 m) [1]
Prominence	53 ft (16 m) [1]
Location
Location	Taos County New Mexico, USA
Range	Sangre de Cristo Range
Coordinates	36°33′44″N 105°24′52″W / 36.5622517°N 105.4144516°W / 36.5622517; -105.4144516Coordinates: 36°33′44″N 105°24′52″W / 36.5622517°N 105.4144516°W / 36.5622517; -105.4144516[2]
Topo map	USGS Wheeler Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	Bull-of-the-Woods Trail

Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the U.S. state of New Mexico. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 53 feet (16 m) of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico. Both peaks lie in the Taos Mountains, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which is in turn a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Walter, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5936. Retrieved 2008-12-22. 
2. ^ "Mount Walter". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:912154. Retrieved 2008-12-22.