Mount Evans is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,271-foot (4,350 m) fourteener is located southwest by south (bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Arapaho National Forest and Pike National Forest. The peak is one of the characteristic Front Range peaks, dominating the western skyline of the Great Plains along with Pikes Peak, Longs Peak, and nearby Mount Bierstadt. Mount Evans can be seen from over to the east, and many miles in other directions. Mount Evans dominates the Denver metropolitan area skyline, rising over above the area. Mount Evans can be seen from points south of Castle Rock, up to ( south) and as far north as Fort Collins ( north), and from areas near Limon ( east). In March 2022, Clear Creek County approved a proposal to rename the peak to Mount Blue Sky, pending state and federal review, due to the negative associations of Territorial Governor John Evans with the Sand Creek Massacre. The new name was proposed by the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. However, five other names are also being considered, Mount Rosalie, Mount Soule (after Silas Soule), Mount Sisty, Mount Evans (after Anne Evans), and Mount Cheyenne Arapaho (this name has since been withdrawn.) Geography Mount Evans is the highest peak in a massif. The peak is west of Denver, "as the crow flies", and approximately by road, via Idaho Springs. Other peaks in the massif are: Mount Spalding (), northwest Gray Wolf Mountain (), north-northwest The Sawtooth (), west Mount Bierstadt (), west-southwest Mount Warren (), north-northeast Rogers Peak (), northeast. At least 7 deep glacial cirques cut into the massif. The cirques around Mount Evans are the deepest cirques in the Colorado Rockies. The bottoms of many of these contain tarns, the most notable being: Summit Lake at the head of Bear Creek, 0.5 miles north the Chicago Lakes at the head of Chicago Creek, 2 miles north Abyss Lake at the head of Lake Fork, 1 mile west-southwest The Mount Evans Scenic Byway consists of State Highway 103 from Idaho Springs, Colorado on I-70 about to Echo Lake, and Colorado 5 from Echo Lake , ending at a parking area and turnaround just below the summit. The latter has long been the highest paved road