[3] The 10,570-foot (3,222 m) peak is located in Routt National Forest, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east-southeast (bearing 107°) of the City of Steamboat Springs in Routt County, Colorado, United States.

The mountain was renamed in 1964 in honor of skier Buddy Werner.

[1][2][3] Mount Werner is 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Denver.

Formerly known as Storm Mountain, it was renamed in 1965 in honor of Buddy Werner, an Olympian from Steamboat Springs who was killed in an avalanche in Switzerland in April 1964.

It is the home mountain of world champion and Olympic bronze medalist snowboarder Arielle Gold.