Mount Craig (Colorado)

Mount Craig is a 12007 ft mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Description
Mount Craig is set 3.5 mi west of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park and 6 mi east of the town of Grand Lake, Colorado. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Grand Lake via East Inlet. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2800 ft above East Inlet in 1 mi.

Etymology
The mountain is named after Reverend William Bayard Craig (1848–1916), the same person that the town of Craig, Colorado, is named for. Rev. Craig owned lakeshore property at Grand Lake during the 1880s. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Craig is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. 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.