Weminuche Wilderness

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Weminuche Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location:	Colorado, USA
Nearest city:	Durango, CO
Coordinates:	37°40′0″N, 107°30′0″W
Area:	488,210 acres (1975 km²)
Established:	1975
Governing body:	U.S. Forest Service

The Weminuche Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the San Juan National Forest on the west side of the Continental Divide and the Rio Grande National Forest on the east side of the divide. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south east of the town of Silverton and about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Durango. At 488,210 acres (1975 km²), it is the largest wilderness area in the state of Colorado. Within the wilderness can be found three fourteeners of the San Juan Mountains; Mount Eolus, Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak, in addition to numerous thirteeners and other peaks of note.

[edit] External links

• Wilderness.net wilderness information
• Climbing Snowdon Peak - A tale of mountaineering in Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness