Italian Mountain

Italian Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13385 ft thirteener is located in Gunnison National Forest, 21.3 km east-northeast (bearing 66°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Italian Mountain was so named because the mountain's tones were said to resemble the colors of the Italian tricolor: green, white, and red.