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Hunter Peak (Colorado)
Hunter Peak is a mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. Description Hunter Peak is located west of the Continental Divide in the Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 253rd-highest peak in Colorado. The mountain is situated south-southwest of the community of Aspen and east-southeast of Maroon Bells. The peak is set in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Roaring Fork River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Conundrum Creek in approximately and above East Maroon Creek in . Etymology The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on October 1, 1930, by the United States Board on Geographic Names at the suggestion of the US Forest Service to honor Gerald M. Hunter (1892–1926), who served as deputy forest supervisor and d ...
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Keefe Peak
Keefe Peak is a mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. Description Keefe Peak is located west of the Continental Divide in the Elk Mountains (Colorado), Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 238th-highest peak in Colorado. The mountain is situated south-southwest of the community of Aspen, Colorado, Aspen and northwest of Castle Peak (Colorado), Castle Peak. The peak is set in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Roaring Fork River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Conundrum Creek in and above East Maroon Creek in . Etymology The mountain's toponym was officially adopted as "Keefe Mountain" on May 6, 1925, by the United States Board on Geographic Names and revised to "Keefe Peak" on February 2, 1 ...
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Colorado River
The Colorado River () is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The river, the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), 5th longest in the United States, drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The name Colorado derives from the Spanish language for "colored reddish" due to its heavy silt load. Starting in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it flows generally southwest across the Colorado Plateau and through the Grand Canyon before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada border, where it turns south toward the Mexico–United States border, international border. After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the mostly dry Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora. Known for its dramatic canyons, whitewater rapids, and eleven National parks of the ...
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Pyramid Peak (Colorado)
Pyramid Peak is a fourteen-thousand-foot mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the 47th highest mountain peak in Colorado, and 78th highest peak in the United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains in southeastern Pitkin County, approximately southwest of Aspen. The summit somewhat resembles a ragged square pyramid and is visible from the Roaring Fork River valley north of Aspen along the canyon of Maroon Creek. Like many of the peaks in the Elks, Pyramid Peak is quite steep, especially compared to more gentle fourteeners such as Mount Elbert. For example, the peak's summit rises above Crater Lake to the northwest in only , and above East Maroon Creek to the east of the peak in the same horizontal distance. Climbing The standard climbing routes on Pyramid Peak are the northeast and northwest ridges (the latter is also known as the "Keyhole Route"). These routes involve difficult route finding (very difficult, in the case of the northwest ridge), high expo ...
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Cathedral Peak (Colorado)
Cathedral Peak is a high mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, south by west ( bearing 186°) of the City of Aspen in Piktin County, Colorado, United States. Mountain See also *List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits **List of Colorado fourteeners ** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits **List of the most prominent summits of Colorado *List of Colorado county high points This is a list of the 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 and the Rocky Mountai ... References External links Mountains of Pitkin County, Colorado White River National Forest Four-thousanders of the United States {{Colorado-geo-stub ...
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Hayden Peak (Pitkin County, Colorado)
Hayden Peak is a mountain summit in Pitkin County, Colorado, Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. Description Hayden Peak is located west of the Continental Divide in the Elk Mountains (Colorado), Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated south of the community of Aspen, Colorado, Aspen and north of Castle Peak (Colorado), Castle Peak. The peak is set in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness on land managed by White River National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Roaring Fork River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Conundrum Creek in and above Castle Creek in . Etymology The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, and has been reported in publications since at least 1906. An 1884 publication reported a "Hayden's Peak" in Pitkin County. Ferdinand Vandev ...
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