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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.
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] in Colorado. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 55 highest major summits of Colorado by elevation.
The mountains are timbered with conifers and aspen to the tree line, at an elevation of about 12,000 ft (3,700 m) in southern Colorado to about 10,500 ft (3,200 m) in northern Colorado; above this only alpine vegetation grows. The Rockies are snow-covered only in the winter; most snow melts by mid-August with the exception of a few small glaciers.
The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... See also categories Mountains of Colorado, Rocky Mountains Subcategories. This category has ...
Mount Nimbus is set along the Continental Divide and is the fifth-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [5] The mountain is situated on the western boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park and is visible from Trail Ridge Road within the park.
Front Range, Rocky Mountains The Rampart Range is a mountain range in the western United States in Colorado , located in Douglas , El Paso , and Teller counties. Part of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains , the range is almost entirely public land within the Pike National Forest .
Powell Peak is a summit in Grand County, Colorado, in the United States. [3] With an elevation of 13,176 feet (4,016 m), Powell Peak is the 493rd-highest summit in the state of Colorado. [1] The peak was named for John Wesley Powell. [4] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1961 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [2]