Colorado’s Most Prominent Eleveners

The clouds come and go among the cliffs like living creatures.
– John Muir

Colorado’s Most Prominent Eleveners

– Sorted by Prominence

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Quadrangle	Saddle Name	Saddle Elev	Saddle Lat/Long	Saddle Quad & CI	Other fame
1	11,123	3,103	North Mamm Pk	North Mamm Pk		8,020	39 19.745 107 40.261	Hightower Mtn 40	Battlement Mesa HP
2	11,852	3,072	Huntsman Ridge	Placita	McClure Pass	8,780	39 07.712 107 17.177	Placita 40
3	11,300	3,040	Castle Pk	Castle Pk		8,260	39 48.609 106 40.433	State Bridge 40
4	11,348	2,728	Marcellina Mtn	Marcellina Mtn		8,620	38 54.722 107 13.874	Marcellina Mtn 40
5	11,710	2,330	Waugh Mtn	Waugh Mtn		9,380	38 48.477 105 50.380	Agate Mtn 40
6	11,465	2,325	Tomichi Dome	Doyleville		9,140	38 29.290 106 29.412	Sargents 40
7	11,327	2,307	Crater Pk	Chalk Mtn		9,020	39 09.563 107 36.531	Spruce Mtn 40	Grand Mesa HP
8	11,428	2,298	East Twin Sisters Pk	Longs Pk	Wind River Pass	9,130	40 17.809 105 32.608	Longs Pk 40
9	11,570	2,260	“Puma Pk”	Farnum Pk		9,310	39 09.119 105 43.142	Eagle Rock 20	Puma Hills HP
10	11,654	2,234	Black Mtn B	Black Mtn		9,420	38 38.199 105 43.780	Black Mtn 40
11	11,569	2,229	Maestas, Mt	La Veta Pass		9,340	37 37.553 105 12.970	Little Sheep Mtn 40
12	11,419	2,159	Elk Mtn	Corral Pks		9,260	40 16.890 106 07.387	Radial Mtn 40
13	11,548	2,088	Thirtynine Mile Mtn	Thirtynine Mile Mtn	Currant Creek Pass	9,460	38 50.200 105 38.131	Dicks Pk 40	Thirtynine Mile Volcanics HP
14	11,617	2,049	Williams Pk	Battle Mtn	Ute Pass	9,568	39 49.405 106 06.339	Ute Pk 40	Williams Fork Mtns HP
15	11,411	1,951	Iron Mtn	Red Wing		9,460	37 38.819 105 19.269	Red Wing 40
16	11,003	1,863	South Bald Mtn	South Bald Mtn		9,140	40 36.406 105 50.497	Chambers Lake 40	Laramie Mtns HP
17	11,981	1,840	Little Cone	Little Cone		10,141	37 54.199 108 05.576	Little Cone 40
18	11,819	1,792	Sheep Mtn	Hyannis Pk	Troublesome Pass	10,027	40 19.674 106 12.757	Parkview Mtn 40
19	11,132	1,762	Cochetopa Dome	Cochetopa Park		9,370	38 12.422 106 40.156	Cochetopa Park 20
20	11,460	1,736	Blair Mtn	Blair Mtn	Indian Camp Pass	9,724	39 49.592 107 17.741	Deep Lake 40
21	11,705	1,715	Coal Mtn	Minnesota Pass	Elk Basin Pass	9,990	38 46.789 107 27.873	Minnesota Pass 40
22	11,166	1,686	Hardscrabble Mtn	The Seven Hermits		9,480	39 29.286 106 46.319	Red Creek 40
23	11,396	1,616	Lamborn, Mt	Paonia	Inter-Ocean Pass	9,780	38 47.802 107 30.202	Paonia 40	Delta Cty HP
24	11,396	1,576	Buck Mtn	Mt Zirkel		9,820	40 52.419 106 42.996	Mt Zirkel 40	Sierra Madre HP
25	11,192	1,565	Red and White Mtn	Edwards		9,627	39 41.876 106 26.214	Vail West 40
26	11,294	1,561	Badger Mtn	Glentivar	La Salle Pass	9,733	39 05.103 105 32.815	Glentivar 40

Notes by Gerry Roach

This list has 26 peaks on it, of which 14 have more than 2,000 feet of prominence.

Colorado’s Most Prominent Eleveners

– Sorted by Prominence

Notes by Gerry Roach

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