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Ironton Quad | 5.24 miles RT | 2,480’ gain | Ouray-San Juan County
Shawn Keil on the South Ridge
Labeled Pano with Shawn
Leaving the summit
Everyone knows the mountain and yet, no one knows the mountain. It quietly stands guard over the hamlet of Ouray like a sentinel from a forgotten kingdom. Abrams Mountain is a conical bulwark, a guardian to places like Ironton and Poughkeepsie Gulch where remnants of that forgotten kingdom can still be seen. It is on the northern rim of what was once the Silverton Caldera along with the Red Mountain Massif, 1 of 15 such calderas in the San Juans.
Abram (Abraham) Cutler came to Ouray in the 1860’s and initially worked as a civil engineer. Though, he was also involved in local real estate and even dabbled in the area’s mining. He worked alongside Ferdinand Hayden on the 1874 survey where the two became good friends. Whether or not Ferdinand named the mountain after Cutler remains to be seen (it’s generally thought he did). But what is known, is that Cutler became Ouray’s first judge and public notary. Cutler Creek to the north also bears his name.
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