# Mount Chapin

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**Mount Chapin** is a 12,454-foot (3,796-meter) mountain summit located in [Rocky Mountain National Park](/source/Rocky_Mountain_National_Park), in [Larimer County](/source/Larimer_County,_Colorado), of [Colorado](/source/Colorado), United States.[2] It is situated 11 miles west-northwest of the community of [Estes Park](/source/Estes_Park,_Colorado), one mile east of Chapin Pass, and six miles east of the [Continental Divide](/source/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas). Mount Chapin is part of the [Mummy Range](/source/Mummy_Range) which is a subset of the [Rocky Mountains](/source/Rocky_Mountains). [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as the south aspect rises 2,700 feet (820 meters) above Fall River in less than one mile. Neighbors include [Mount Chiquita](/source/Mount_Chiquita) and [Ypsilon Mountain](/source/Ypsilon_Mountain) to the immediate northeast, and the park's [Alpine Visitor Center](/source/Alpine_Visitor_Center) is three miles to the west.

## Etymology

The mountain's name was officially adopted by the [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names) in 1932.[2] The name commemorates [Frederick H. Chapin](/source/Frederick_H._Chapin) (1852–1900), a mountaineer, photographer, amateur archaeologist, and author who wrote the 1889 book, "*Mountaineering in Colorado: The Peaks about Estes Park.*"[3] He is best known for his exploration of [mesas](/source/Mesa) and [ancient Pueblo](/source/Ancestral_Puebloans) ruins found in the [Mesa Verde](/source/Mesa_Verde_National_Park) area of southwest Colorado. He is also the namesake of Chapin Mesa which shelters the most famous [cliff dwellings](/source/Cliff_dwelling) within Mesa Verde National Park.[4]

## Climate

According to the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) system, Mount Chapin is located in an alpine [subarctic climate](/source/Subarctic_climate) zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] 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. Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from the mountain drains north into the [Cache la Poudre River](/source/Cache_la_Poudre_River) via Chapin Creek, and south into the [Fall River](/source/Fall_River_(Larimer_County,_Colorado)).

## Gallery

## See also

- [List of peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park](/source/List_of_peaks_in_Rocky_Mountain_National_Park)
- c. Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado

## References

1. ["Chapin, Mount - 12,454' CO"](https://listsofjohn.com/peak/1353). *listsofjohn.com*. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

1. 177596. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

1. Perry, Phyllis J. (2008). [*Rocky Mountain National Park*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VZxHizmitn4C&pg=PA9). Arcadia Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7385-5627-7.

1. 179041. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

1. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". *Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.*. **11**. [ISSN 1027-5606](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1027-5606)

## External links

- Weather forecast: [Mount Chapin](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5575647/United%20States/Colorado/Larimer/Mount%20Chapin)

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