Fowler Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Dolores County. The primary coordinates for Fowler Peak places it within the CO 81435 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Fowler Peak |
Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | Located in the Uncompahgre National Forest/Lizard Head Wilderness, near Navajo Basin and Elk Creek Basin and the Wilson Range, approx. 12 miles SW of Telluride |
History: | Designated by Public Law 116-9, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. Named for Charlie Fowler, who died in a 2006 avalanche while attempting to summit Genyen Peak in Tibet. Mr. Fowler was known in Southwest Colorado for building climbing walls in schools; he received the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement from the American Alpine Club in 2004. |
County: | Dolores County |
Latitude: | 37.856894 |
Longitude: | -108.0116894 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fowler Peak: Fowler Peak.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Fowler Peak does not include property ownership information.
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