A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme , apex , peak ( mountain peak ), and zenith are synonymous .
7-640: Canby Mountain is a 13,478-foot-elevation (4,108-meter) mountain summit in San Juan County , Colorado , United States. Canby Mountain is located six miles (9.7 km) east of the community of Silverton , on land managed by Rio Grande National Forest . Canby Mountain is situated on the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains . Headwaters of
14-469: A highest point is classified as a summit, a sub peak or a separate mountain is subjective. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation 's definition of a 4,000 m peak is that it has a prominence of 30 metres (98 ft) or more; it is a mountain summit if it has a prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft). Otherwise, it is a subpeak. In many parts of the Western United States ,
21-400: Is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top. Summit may also refer to the highest point along a line, trail, or route. The highest summit in the world is Mount Everest with a height of 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) above sea level . The first official ascent was made by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary . They reached the mountain's peak in 1953. Whether
28-431: Is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit. Summits near a higher peak, with some prominence or isolation , but not reaching a certain cutoff value for the quantities, are often considered subsummits (or subpeaks ) of the higher peak, and are considered part of the same mountain. A pyramidal peak
35-453: The Köppen climate classification system, Canby Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. Summit The term top ( mountain top ) is generally used only for a mountain peak that
42-510: The Rio Grande form at the eastern base of the mountain, whereas precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into tributaries of the Animas River . Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 1,300 feet (400 meters) in one-half mile (0.8 km). Neighbors include Sheep Mountain , 1.87 miles (3.01 km) to the southeast and Greenhalgh Mountain , 2.49 miles (4.01 km) to
49-472: The east-southeast. The Continental Divide Trail and Colorado Trail traverse the peak's slopes and an ascent of the summit from historic Stony Pass covers one-half mile of off-trail hiking with 890-feet of elevation gain. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names , and was recorded in publications as "Mount Canby" as early as 1877. According to
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