Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County. Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.
Southwest aspect, from Beaver Creek Ski Resort (Eagles Nest to left)
The Gore Range is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado in the United States.
Buffalo Mountain (left) at the southern end of the Gore Range seen from Dillon Reservoir.
The Gore Range as seen from Ptarmigan Peak Trail