| Sheep Mountain | |
| Elevation Ft: | 13292 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 662 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.91 |
| Parent Peak: | Canby Mountain (13,478 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Colorado |
| Region: | San Juan County |
| Region Type: | County |
| Range: | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains[3] |
| Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 37.7833°N -107.5178°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [4] |
| Topo: | USGS Howardsville |
| Easiest Route: | hiking |
Sheep Mountain is a 13292feet mountain summit in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
Sheep Mountain is located 8miles east-southeast of the community of Silverton, on land managed by Rio Grande National Forest. It is situated 2miles east of the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Rio Grande and topographic relief is modest as the summit rises nearly 2400abbr=offNaNabbr=off above the river in 1.25 mile (2 km). Neighbors include Greenhalgh Mountain, 0.79miles to the east and Canby Mountain, 1.87miles to the northwest.[3] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[4] and has been recorded in publications as early as 1906.[5] There are 19 landforms named "Sheep Mountain" in Colorado and this one is the highest.[6]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Sheep Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with 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.