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'{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Hallett Peak | photo = Hallet's Peak reflected in Lake Haiyaha at darn in Rocky Mountain National Park. NPS-Debra Miller (18659267056).jpg | photo_caption = Hallett Peak reflected in Lake Haiyaha at sunrise | elevation_ft = 12720. | elevation_ref = <ref name=NGS>{{cite ngs|pid=LL1349|name=HALLETT TP|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name=NAVD88>The elevation of Hallett Peak includes an adjustment of +1.612&nbsp;m (+5.29&nbsp;ft) from [[Sea Level Datum of 1929|NGVD&nbsp;29]] to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988|NAVD&nbsp;88]].</ref> | prominence_ft = 733 | prominence_ref = <ref name=PB>{{cite peakbagger|pid=5616|title=Hallett Peak, Colorado|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> | isolation_mi = 1.97 | isolation_ref = <ref name=PB/> | listing = | location = [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]] in<br/>[[Rocky Mountain National Park]] between [[Grand County, Colorado|Grand]] and [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer counties]], [[Colorado]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=177875|name=Hallett Peak|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> | range = [[Front Range]] | etymology = William L. Hallett | map = Colorado | map_caption = '''[[Colorado]]''' | coordinates = {{coord|40.3030699|N|105.6859415|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=NGS/> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey#Topographic mapping|USGS 7.5' topographic map]]<br/>''McHenrys Peak, Colorado''<ref name=NGS/> | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = hike }} '''Hallett Peak''' ([[Arapaho language|Arapaho]]: '''''Bonoh'ooonoteyoo'''''<nowiki/>') is a [[mountain]] [[summit]] in the northern [[Front Range]] of the [[Rocky Mountains]] of [[North America]]. The {{convert|12720|ft|0|adj=on}} peak is located in the [[Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness]], {{convert|16.2|km|order=flip}} southwest by west ([[Absolute bearing|bearing]] 240°) of the [[Estes Park, Colorado|Town of Estes Park]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]], on the [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]] between [[Grand County, Colorado|Grand]] and [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer counties]].<ref name=NGS/><ref name=NAVD88/><ref name=PB/><ref name=GNIS/> ==Mountain== Hallett Peak is on the Continental Divide, flanked by Flattop Mountain to the north and [[Otis Peak]] to the south. Just to its east lie [[Emerald Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park)|Emerald Lake]], [[Dream Lake]], and [[Nymph Lake]], access to which is usually from the [[Bear Lake Comfort Station]].<ref name="Classic Climbs" /><ref name="Green" /> The ''[[Northcutt-Carter Route (Hallett Peak)|Northcutt-Carter Route]]'' of Hallett Peak is recognized in the historic climbing text ''[[Fifty Classic Climbs of North America]]''.<ref name="Classic Climbs">{{Fifty Classic Climbs}}</ref><ref name="Green">Stewart M. Green '''Rock Climbing Colorado''', Chockstone, Falcon, Helena, MO, '''1995'''; {{ISBN|1-56044-334-0}}.</ref> Non-technical climbers may reach the summit of Hallett Peak by hiking up the Flattop Mountain Trail to its highpoint, then walking south along the ridgeline and ascending the peak over talus piles. ==Etymology== The mountain is named for William L. Hallett (1856–1947), an outstanding mountain climber and one of the founders of the [[Rocky Mountain Club]].<ref name="Bright">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Colorado Place Names|year=2004|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|isbn=978-1-55566-333-9|page=81}}</ref> Hallett arrived in the Estes Park area as a young MIT-trained engineer on vacation in 1878. He became enamored with the area and decided to remain, and became a rancher based in Loveland, Colorado.<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/10b9a50b-bd90-4485-8d80-3c48d7d73a5f National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Edgemont Hallett House]</ref> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]].<ref name=GNIS/> In the Arapaho language the mountain is named bonoh'ooonoteyoo' or Thunder Peak.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-24 |title=Colorado Places: Their Native American Names |url=https://www.colorado.edu/cnais/resources/colorado-places-their-native-american-names |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS) |language=en}}</ref> == Climate == According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Hallett Peak is located in an alpine [[subarctic climate]] zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> 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. == Gallery == <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Otis, Hallett, Flattop.jpg|Otis Peak (left), Hallett Peak (center), Flattop Mountain (right) File:Dream Lake.jpg|Looking west over [[Dream Lake]]. Hallett Peak is on the left with the dramatic cliff band and prominent point. File:Bierstadt Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, USA.jpg|A view from [[Bierstadt Lake]]. Hallett Peak is at the center, flanked on the left by [[Otis Peak]], with [[Flattop Mountain]] and Ptarmigan Point on the right. File:Otis Peak and Hallett Peak.jpg|[[Otis Peak]] (left) and Hallett Peak from northeast </gallery> </div> ==See also== {{portal|Geology|Geography|Colorado|Mountains}} *[[List of mountain ranges of Colorado|List of Colorado mountain ranges]] *[[List of mountains of the United States#Colorado|List of Colorado mountain summits]] **[[List of Colorado fourteeners]] **[[List of mountain peaks of Colorado#Highest major summits|List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits]] **[[List of the most prominent summits of Colorado]] *[[List of Colorado county high points]] * [[List of peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park]] {{clear}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{clear}} ==External links== {{sister project links}} *{{cite summitpost|id=151577|title=Hallett Peak}} *[http://www.mountainproject.com/v/colorado/alpine_rock/rmnp__rock/105744829 mountainproject.com] *[http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/North_America/United_States/Colorado/Northern_Colorado/RMNP_-_Hallet_s_Peak/ rockclimbing.com] {{Mountains of Colorado}} {{Rocky Mountain National Park}} {{Colorado}} {{Protected areas of Colorado}} [[Category:Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park]] [[Category:Mountains of Grand County, Colorado]] [[Category:Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado]] [[Category:North American 3000 m summits]] [[Category:Great Divide of North America]]'