Colorado’s Most Prominent Twelvers

The human race is off to the spaces - this world is a bore.
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– Eloise Roach

Colorado’s Most Prominent Twelvers

– Sorted by Prominence

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Quadrangle	Saddle Name	Saddle Elev	Saddle Lat/Long	Saddle Quad & CI	Other fame
1	12,354	4,054	Flat Top Mtn	Orno Pk		8,300	40 03.947 106 49.218	Toponas 40	Garfield County HP
2	12,347	3,768	Greenhorn Mtn	San Isabel		8,579	37 56.253 105 19.626	Devils Gulch 20	Wet Mtns HP Pueblo Cty HP
3	12,719	3,549	Gunnison, Mt	Minnesota Pass		9,170	38 46.428 107 23.334	Minnesota Pass 40
4	12,180	3,470	Zirkel, Mt	Mt Zirkel	Muddy Pass	8,710	40.22.764 106 34.754	Rabbit Ears Pk 20	Park Rg HP Routt Cty HP
5	12,951	2,771	Clark Pk	Clark Pk	La Poudre Pass	10,180	40 28.600 105 49.334	Fall River Pass 40	Medicine Bow Mtns HP Jackson Cty HP
6	12,940	2,680	Richthofen, Mt	Mt Richthofen	Cameron Pass	10,260	40 31.213 105 53.557	Clark Pk 40	Never Summer Mtns HP
7	12,296	2,676	Parkview Mtn	Parkview Mtn	Willow Creek Pass	9,620	40 21.036 106 05.383	Radial Mtn 40	Rabbit Ears Rg HP
8	12,162	2,582	Crested Butte	Gothic		9,580	38 55.145 106 57.596	Gothic 40
9	12,531	2,551	Graham Pk	Granite Pk	Divide Lakes	9,980	37 35.927 107 20.285	Granite Lake 40
10	12,432	2,492	East Beckwith Mtn	Anthracite Range	Beckwith Pass	9,940	38 50.561 107 11.000	Anthracite Range 40
11	12,721	2,461	Chair Mtn	Chair Mtn	Anthracite Pass	10,260	39 01.802 107 10.728	Marble 40	Ragged Mtns HP
12	12,513	2,453	Whetstone Mtn	Crested Butte	Ohio Pass	10,060	38 50.175 107 05.626	Mt Axtell 40
13	12,431	2,451	Bison Pk	McCurdy Mtn	Kenosha Pass	9,980	39 24.840 105 45.476	Jefferson 40	Tarryall Mtns HP
14	12,052	2,432	Guero, Mt	Mt Guero		9,620	38 44.205 107 16.731	Big Soap Park 40
15	12,683	2,383	East Spanish Pk	Spanish Pks		10,300	37 23.436 104 56.957	Spanish Pks 40
16	12,613	2,273	Lone Cone	Lone Cone		10,340	37 50.062 108 09.888	Groundhog Mtn 40
17	12,006	2,266	Zwischen, Mt	Medano Pass	unnamed or Mosca Pass	9,740	37 43.975 105 27.275	Mosca Pass or Medano Pass 40
18	12,340	2,240	Elliott Mtn	Rico	Dunton Meadows	10,100	37 47.633 108 01.521	Dolores Pk 40
19	12,079	2,179	Carbon Pk	Mt Axtell		9,900	38 49.020 107 02.772	Mt Axtell 40
20	12,385	2,125	Anthracite Range	Anthracite Range	Swampy Pass	10,260	38 47.951 107 09.450	Anthracite Range 40
21	12,100	2,040	Park Cone	Taylor Park Res		10,060	38 48.247 106 34.060	Taylor Park 40
22	12,037	2,017	Red Table Mtn A	Red Creek	Crooked Creek Pass	10,020	39 26.485 106 41.116	Crooked Creek Pass 40
23	12,031	1,971	Chalk BM	Elephant Head Rock		10,060	37 11.842 106 42.296	Elephant Head Rock 40	Chalk Mtns HP
24	12,147	1,927	Sawtooth Mtn	Sawtooth Mtn		10,220	38 11.347 106 55.007	Rock Creek Park 40	Cochetopa Hills HP
25	12,383	1,763	Matchless Mtn	Matchless Mtn		10,620	38 52.414 106 39.412	Matchless Mtn 40
26	12,285	1,744	Cornwall Mtn	Jasper	Stunner Pass	10,541	37 21.708 106 33.472	Platoro 40
27	12,489	1,731	Specimen Mtn	Fall River Pass	Milner Pass	10,758	40 25.188 105 48.680	Fall River Pass 40
28	12,625	1,645	Gothic Mtn	Oh Be Joyful		10,980	38 58.340 107 01.563	Oh Be Joyful 40
29	12,200	1,580	Cement Mtn	Cement Mtn		10,620	38 50.936 106 47.869	Cement Mtn 40
30	12,887	1,578	PT 12,887	Summit Pk		11,309	37 19.537 106 40.826	Summit Pk 40
31	12,867	1,567	Buckeye Pk	Leadville North	Fremont Pass	11,300	39 22.041 106 11.304	Climax 40
32	12,300	1,560	Finger Mesa	Finger Mesa		10,740	37 48.536 107 19.817	Finger Mesa 40
33	12,805	1,545	Baldy, Mt	Oh Be Joyful		11,280	38 59.296 107 03.908	Oh Be Joyful 40

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Colorado’s Most Prominent Twelvers

– Sorted by Prominence

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