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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.
Blackfoot, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Navajo tribes also visited or used the area. The use of the area by Native Americans was documented by the 1776 Domínguez–Escalante expedition and by the 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition. In the 1830s the valley became a favorite location for fur trappers and settlers.
The recreation area includes parts of Browns Canyon National Monument, established in 2015. The national monument is accessible through the recreation area's Ruby Mountain and Hecla Junction river sites. In a 152-mile (245-kilometer) stretch that includes the recreation area, the Arkansas River decreases 4,650 feet (1,420 meters) in elevation ...
Hagues Peak is the highest summit of the Mummy Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 13,573-foot (4,137 m) thirteener is in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.9 miles (15.9 km) northwest (bearing 318°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States.
It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado, near the Wyoming border, and also in the Routt National Forest to its south. It encompasses 76,394 acres (309.16 km 2) and includes 25 named lakes ranging in size from five to 39 acres (20,000 to 160,000 m 2). There are 85 miles (137 km) of trails in ...
Mount Sopris is a twin-summit mountain in the northwestern Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 12,965-foot (3,952 m) mountain is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 6.6 miles (10.7 km) north by northeast (bearing 30°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
Trail Ridge, Colorado [3] Mount Chiquita is a mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 13,075-foot (3,985 m) thirteener is located in Rocky Mountain National Park , 9.8 miles (15.7 km) northwest by west ( bearing 298°) of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer 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.