Colorado 14ers (Highest Mountains)
Colorado
Mountains
Metric (14,433 feet = 4,399 meters)
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 | | Mt. Elbert |
 | | Blanca Peak |
 | | Mt. Evans |
 | | Maroon Peak |
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| # |
Mountain Peak |
Altitude |
Mountain Range |
Notes |
| 1 |
Mt. Elbert  |
14,433' |
Sawatch |
south route from Twin Lakes |
| 2 |
Mt. Massive  |
14,421' |
Sawatch |
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| 3 |
Mt. Harvard |
14,420' |
Sawatch |
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| 4 |
Blanca Peak  |
14,345' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 5 |
La Plata Peak  |
14,336' |
Sawatch |
trailhead 7.7 miles west of Twin Lakes |
| 6 |
Uncompahgre Peak |
14,309' |
San Juan |
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| 7 |
Crestone Peak |
14,294' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 8 |
Mt. Lincoln |
14,286' |
Tenmile-Mosquito |
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| 9 |
Grays Peak |
14,270' |
Front Range |
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| 10 |
Mt. Antero |
14,269' |
Sawatch |
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| 11 |
Torreys Peak |
14,267' |
Front Range |
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| 12 |
Castle Peak |
14,265' |
Elk |
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| 13 |
Quandary Peak |
14,265' |
Tenmile-Mosquito |
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| 14 |
Mt. Evans  |
14,264' |
Front Range |
drive to 14,133ft May-Nov |
| 15 |
Longs Peak  |
14,255' |
Front Range |
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| 16 |
Mt. Wilson |
14,246' |
San Juan |
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| 17 |
Mt. Shavano |
14,229' |
Sawatch |
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| 18 |
Crestone Needle |
14,197' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 19 |
Mt. Belford |
14,197' |
Sawatch |
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| 20 |
Mt. Princeton  |
14,197' |
Sawatch |
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| 21 |
Mt. Yale  |
14,196' |
Sawatch |
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| 22 |
Mt. Bross |
14,172' |
Tenmile-Mosquito |
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| 23 |
Kit Carson Peak |
14,165' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 24 |
Maroon Peak  |
14,156' |
Elk |
part of "Maroon Bells" |
| 25 |
Tabeguache Peak |
14,155' |
Sawatch |
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| 26 |
Mt. Oxford |
14,153' |
Sawatch |
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| 27 |
Mt. Sneffels |
14,150' |
San Juan |
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| 28 |
Mt. Democrat |
14,148' |
Tenmile-Mosquito |
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| 29 |
Capitol Peak |
14,130' |
Elk |
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| 30 |
Pikes Peak  |
14,110' |
Front Range |
road 5 miles W of Colo Springs on I-24 |
| 31 |
Snowmass Mtn. |
14,092' |
Elk |
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| 32 |
Mt. Eolus |
14,083' |
San Juan |
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| 33 |
Windom Peak |
14,082' |
San Juan |
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| 34 |
Challenger Point |
14,081' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 35 |
Mt. Columbia |
14,073' |
Sawatch |
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| 36 |
Missouri Mountain |
14,067' |
Sawatch |
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| 37 |
Humboldt Peak |
14,064' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 38 |
Mt. Bierstadt  |
14,060' |
Front Range |
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| 39 |
Sunlight Peak |
14,059' |
San Juan |
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| 40 |
Handies Peak |
14,048' |
San Juan |
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| 41 |
Culebra Peak |
14,047' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 42 |
Ellingwood Point |
14,042' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 43 |
Mt. Lindsey |
14,042' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 44 |
Little Bear Peak |
14,037' |
Sangre de Cristo |
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| 45 |
Mt. Sherman |
14,036' |
Tenmile-Mosquito |
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| 46 |
Redcloud Peak |
14,034' |
San Juan |
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| 47 |
Pyramid Peak |
14,018' |
Elk |
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| 48 |
Wilson Peak |
14,017' |
San Juan |
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| 49 |
Wetterhorn Peak |
14,015' |
San Juan |
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| 50 |
San Luis Peak |
14,014' |
San Juan |
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| 51 |
Mt. of the Holy Cross |
14,005' |
Sawatch |
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| 52 |
Huron Peak |
14,003' |
Sawatch |
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| 53 |
Sunshine Peak |
14,001' |
San Juan |
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 | | Mt. Massive |
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| Notes: |
Mt Elbert is Colorado's highest mountain at 14,440 feet (4,401 meters) -
revised from 14,433' by USGS (United States Geodetic Survey).
See also webpages.Charter.net
Mt Elbert is second highest mountain in contiguous US, after Mt Whitney at 14,505 feet (4,421 meters), and
3rd highest in US after the continent's tallest Mt McKinley at 20,320 feet (6,194 m)
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| 2002 USGS elev. adjustments |
| Peak Name | Old | New |
1. Mt. Elbert | 14,433' | 14,440' |
8. Mt. Lincoln | 14,286' | 14,293' |
| 11. Torreys Peak | 14,267' | 14,275' |
| 14. Mt. Evans | 14,264' | 14,265' |
| 15. Longs Peak | 14,255' | 14,259' |
| 20. Mt. Princeton | 14,197' | 14,204' |
| 24. Maroon Peak | 14,156' | 14,163' |
| 27. Mt. Sneffels | 14,150' | 14,153' |
| 30. Pikes Peak | 14,110' | 14,115' |
| 31. Snowmass Peak | 14,092' | 14,099' |
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