Golden Horn (Colorado)

Golden Horn is a 13,780-foot-elevation (4,200-meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary of San Juan County with San Miguel County, in southwest Colorado, United States.

[4] It is situated nine miles west of the community of Silverton, on land managed by San Juan National Forest and Uncompahgre National Forest.

It ranks as the 116th-highest peak in Colorado,[2] and topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 3,800 feet (1,200 meters) in approximately 1.5 mile.

[4][6] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Golden Horn is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.

[7] 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.

Ice Lake. Left to rightː Fuller Peak, Vermilion Peak, northeast spur of Golden Horn (centered), and part of Pilot Knob to right