Petit Grepon is a semi-detached spire in
Colorado
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...
. It is one of the "Cathedral Spires" which also includes: Sharkstooth, The Saber, and The Foil. The
South Face route of Petit Grepon is described in the historic climbing text ''
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America'' and considered a classic around the world.
See also
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List of Colorado mountain ranges
This is a list of the major mountain ranges in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado. All of these ranges are considered subranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains.
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List of Colorado mountain summits
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List of Colorado fourteeners
This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed 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. This is a co ...
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List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
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List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
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 le ...
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List of Colorado county high points
This is a list of all 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation. Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado is the summit of Mount ...
References
External links
mountainproject.comrockclimbing.com
Climbing routes
Mountains of Colorado
Rock formations of Colorado
Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado
North American 3000 m summits
Rocky Mountain National Park
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