Mount Antero is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the

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. The prominent

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is located in

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, southwest by south ( bearing 208°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County,

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.The elevation of Mount Antero includes an adjustment of +2.071 m (+6.79 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88. The mountain is named in honor of Chief Antero of the Uintah band of the

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Mountain

Mount Antero is prized for its gemstone deposits and has one of the highest concentrations of aquamarine in the country. There are several active private mining claims being exploited on Mount Antero and surrounding peaks. The peak is located due south of the more visually prominent

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. Mount Antero is one of the most prominent peaks of the Sawatch Range, rising an impressive 7,200 feet above the town of Salida, Colorado to the southeast. There are two popular climbing routes on Mount Antero. The generally accepted hiking route is from the east starting at the Browns Creek Trailhead and paralleling Little Browns Creek to its upper reaches where it crosses Forest Road 1A, then following the road near to the summit. The other route, which begins near the ghost town of St. Elmo, follows the same forest road from the north up Baldwin Creek. This route has heavy mining and tourist traffic in fair weather during the summer months. The peak was surveyed by the

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in 1806. A forest service sign at the Browns Creek trailhead commemorates the expedition camp at the eastern base of the peak. On July 20, 2018, 5-time World mountain running Champion Joseph Gray ran the fastest known time (FKT) up Mount Antero from the bottom of FS road 277 to the top of Mount Antero in 1:23:10.

Historical names

*Antero Peak *Mount Antero

References

*''San Isabel National Forest Map'', United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (2003)

External links

Mount Antero at 14ers.com

Mount Antero at Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

Mount Antero at Distantpeak.com

Mount Antero at ListsofJohn.com

Mount Antero at Peakbagger.com

Mount Antero at Peakery.com

Mount Antero at USDA Forest Service

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