Information Entries for San Luis Peak and Name History
Name History (San Juan Mountains) Title: Eolus Entered by: wojtekrychlik Added: 01/21/2014, Last Updated: 01/21/2014 Aeolus was the ruler of the winds, according to Greek mythology.
Name History (San Luis Peak) Title: Naming of San Luis Peak Entered by: 14erFred Added: 05/14/2010, Last Updated: 05/14/2010 Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. The mountain's name, which first appeared on Hayden's 1877 Atlas of Colorado, is probably taken from the name of the valley that lies at its base. The valley was named by an early unknown Spanish explorer, the patron saint of whose village was San Luis.

Information Entries for San Luis Peak and Name History

Name History (San Juan Mountains)

Title: Eolus
Entered by: wojtekrychlik
Added: 01/21/2014, Last Updated: 01/21/2014

Aeolus was the ruler of the winds, according to Greek mythology.

Name History (San Luis Peak)

Title: Naming of San Luis Peak
Entered by: 14erFred
Added: 05/14/2010, Last Updated: 05/14/2010
Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club.

The mountain's name, which first appeared on Hayden's 1877 Atlas of Colorado, is probably taken from the name of the valley that lies at its base. The valley was named by an early unknown Spanish explorer, the patron saint of whose village was San Luis.