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This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed 14,000 feet (4267.2 meters) of elevation. In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States , a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet.
East Ridge: Hike, class 1 [5] Quandary Peak is the highest summit of the Tenmile Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America and is the most commonly climbed fourteener in Colorado . [ 6 ] It has nearly the same elevation as Castle Peak and Mount Blue Sky .
East Slopes: Hike, class 1 [5] Mount Bross is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 14,178-foot (4,321 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest , 4.1 miles (6.6 km) northwest by north ( bearing 327°) of the Town of Alma in Park County , Colorado , United States .
Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 14,058-foot (4284.8 m) fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles (21.5 km) southwest by west (bearing 232°) of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 14,153-foot (4313.93 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west by south (bearing 256°) of the City of Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
East Slopes (Barr Trail): Hike, class 1 [5] Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America . The ultra-prominent 14,107-foot (4,299.83 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest , 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado .
A popular and challenging variation of this trail follows class-3 Kelso Ridge. This route splits from the Grays Peak trail 2 miles (3.2 km) from the trailhead, climbs to the 12,400-foot (3,800 m) saddle between Torreys and 13,164-foot (4,012 m) Kelso Mountain, then follows the rugged ridge about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the summit.
This category contains fourteeners (i.e. mountains over 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in elevation) in the state of Colorado. By the usual method of counting there are 53 Colorado peaks that fall in this category.