Colorado mountain peaks

This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado.

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. 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.All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Surveybr>note
If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The first table below ranks the 55 highest major summits of Colorado by elevation.
#The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, away. The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of Colorado.
#The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Colorado.
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Highest major summits

Of the highest major summits of Colorado, the following 63 peaks exceed elevationThis list of the 55 major 4000-meter summits of Colorado includes 30 peaks with more than 500 meters of topographic prominence but less than 4267 meters in elevation: Grizzly Peak, Mount Ouray, Vermilion Peak, Mount Silverheels, Rio Grande Pyramid, Bald Mountain, Mount Oso, Mount Jackson, Bard Peak, West Spanish Peak, Mount Powell, Hagues Peak, Tower Mountain, Treasure Mountain, North Arapaho Peak, Parry Peak, Bill Williams Peak, Sultan Mountain, Mount Herard, West Buffalo Peak, Summit Peak, Middle Peak, Antora Peak, Henry Mountain, Hesperus Mountain, Jacque Peak, Bennett Peak, Conejos Peak, Twilight Peak, and South River Peak.

The list of the 53 Colorado fourteeners includes 28 peaks with over 14,000 feet of elevation but less than 1640 feet of topographic prominence: Torreys Peak, Quandary Peak, Mount Shavano, Mount Belford, Crestone Needle, Mount Bross, Kit Carson Mountain, Tabeguache Peak, Mount Oxford, Mount Democrat, Snowmass Mountain, Windom Peak, Challenger Point, Mount Columbia, Missouri Mountain, Humboldt Peak, Mount Bierstadt, Sunlight Peak, Ellingwood Point, Mount Lindsey, Little Bear Peak, Mount Sherman, Redcloud Peak, Pyramid Peak, Wilson Peak, Wetterhorn Peak, Huron Peak, and Sunshine Peak.

The first 25 summits on this list are included on both lists: Mount Elbert, Mount Massive, Mount Harvard, Blanca Peak, La Plata Peak, Uncompahgre Peak, Crestone Peak, Mount Lincoln, Castle Peak, Grays Peak, Mount Antero, Mount Evans, Longs Peak, Mount Wilson, Mount Princeton, Mount Yale, Maroon Peak, Mount Sneffels, Capitol Peak, Pikes Peak, Mount Eolus, Handies Peak, Culebra Peak, San Luis Peak, and Mount of the Holy Cross.

and 117 peaks exceed elevation.

Most prominent summits

Of the most prominent summits of Colorado, only Mount Elbert exceeds of topographic prominence. Three peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than of topographic prominence and 14 peaks exceed of topographic prominence.

Most isolated major summits

Of the most isolated major summits of Colorado, Mount Elbert exceeds of topographic isolation and three peaks exceed of topographic isolation.

Gallery

Mt. Elbert.jpg, Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Massive.jpg, Mount Massive in the Sawatch Range is the second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Harvard (Colorado) - 2006-07-16.jpg, Mount Harvard is the highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
2007-06-24-plata-eve-close2.jpg, La Plata Peak in the Collegiate Peaks is the fifth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
MtBlancaEast.jpg, Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado.
Uncompahgre peak.jpg, Uncompahgre Peak is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Crestone peaks fall.jpg, Crestone Peak is the highest peak of the Crestones and the seventh highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mt_Lincoln.jpg, Mount Lincoln is the highest peak of the Mosquito Range and the eighth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Castle Peak CO Full.JPG, Castle Peak is the highest peak of the Elk Mountains and the ninth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Grays and Torreys Peaks 2006-08-06.jpg, Grays Peak is the highest peak of the Front Range, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and the tenth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Longs peak.JPG, Longs Peak is the highest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park and northern Colorado.
Mount Sneffels.jpg, Impressive Mount Sneffels in southwestern Colorado is often said to be the most beautiful mountain in the state.
Pikes Peak in November 2010.jpg, Pikes Peak is the second most topographically prominent mountain summit of Colorado and the easternmost fourteener. The peak sits on top of Pikes Mountain.
Mount of the Holy Cross.jpeg, This photograph of the legendary Mount of the Holy Cross was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874.
Spanish peaks.JPG, The Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado are two prominent mountains which can be seen for many miles.

See also

*List of mountain peaks of North America
**List of mountain peaks of Greenland
**List of mountain peaks of Canada
**List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
**List of mountain peaks of the United States
***List of mountain peaks of Alaska
***List of mountain peaks of Arizona
***List of mountain peaks of California
***
****List of mountains of Colorado
****List of the highest major summits of Colorado
***** List of the major 4000-meter summits of Colorado
*****List of Colorado fourteeners
****List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
****List of mountain ranges of Colorado
***List of mountain peaks of Hawaii
***List of mountain peaks of Idaho
***List of mountain peaks of Montana
***List of mountain peaks of Nevada
*** List of mountain peaks of New Mexico
***List of mountain peaks of Oregon
***List of mountain peaks of Utah
***List of mountain peaks of Washington (state)
***List of mountain peaks of Wyoming
** List of mountain peaks of México
**List of mountain peaks of Central America
**List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
*Physical geography
**Topography
***Topographic elevation
***Topographic prominence
***Topographic isolation
*Colorado
**Geography of Colorado
*** :Mountains of Colorado
**** commons:Mountains of Colorado

Notes

References

External links

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Geographic Names Information System @ USGSUnited States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Geodetic Glossary @ NGS

NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS

Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGSBivouac.comPeakbagger.comPeaklist.orgSummitpost.org

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