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This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado. 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 ...
Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado. 4. Culebra Peak is the southernmost 14,000-foot summit of the Rocky Mountains .
Needle Mountains [47] Windom Peak [48] [ah] [ai] [aj] 14,093 ft 4296 m: 2,187 ft 667 m: 26.3 mi 42.4 km Grenadier Range [49] Vestal Peak [50] [ak] [al] 13,870 ft 4228 m: 1,124 ft 343 m: 4.29 mi 6.91 km West Needle Mountains [51] Twilight Peak [52] [am] [an] 13,163 ft 4012 m: 2,338 ft 713 m: 4.88 mi 7.86 km La Garita Mountains [53] Phoenix Peak ...
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.
The highest peak in Colorado, Mount Elbert, is 4.97 miles (8.00 km) to the north and line parent Rinker Peak is 0.62 mile to the southwest. [3] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names .
A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video. Highways 96 and 165 from Wetmore to Westcliffe in ...
Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 14,254.1-foot (4,345 m) fourteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north by east (bearing 12°) of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.