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Mount Ridgway is a 13,468-foot peak in southwestern Colorado, five miles west of Ouray, in the Sneffels Range of the San Juan Mountains within Uncompahgre National Forest. West of the Continental Divide, it is distinguished by strong local relief, with its west face rising about 3,000 feet above Blaine Basin in only a mile, creating a steep, prominent profile. Water from its slopes drains into tributaries of the Uncompahgre River. The mountain was named for Robert Matthew Ridgway, superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and founder of the nearby town of Ridgway in 1891, a name also shared by other nearby landmarks.
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