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The High Rockies, or high country, is a term for a region of the U.S. state of Colorado.It commonly includes Larimer County, Jackson County, Routt County, Grand County, Summit County, Eagle County, Lake County, and Pitkin County.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado.. The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
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.
This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado. ... Trail Ridge High Point [g] 12,183 feet 3,713 m 5.4% WB:
Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.1 miles (19.4 km) southwest (bearing 223°) of the city of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. [3] [2] [4] [a] The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and Governor of the Territory of Colorado from ...
All the major mountain ranges in the state of Colorado, United States, are considered subranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains. As given in the table, topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed Saturday that an EF1 tornado with 100-mph winds touched down 5 miles north-northeast of Cripple Creek, Colorado, on Friday, Aug. 9. Cripple Creek is ...
Of these 100 peaks, 78 (including the 30 highest) are located in Colorado, ten in Wyoming, six in New Mexico, three in Montana, and one each in Utah, British Columbia, and Idaho. The 100 highest summits of the Rocky Mountains with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence