Summits of Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

For more information about this wonderful mountain playground,
see Gerry’s book, Colorado’s Indian Peaks.

Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank IPWA	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	Sg	G	J
1	13,502	1,665	North Arapaho Pk	Chiefs Head Pk	15.45	Monarch Lake	FR	IP BW	6	2
2	13,441	1,101	Apache Pk	North Arapaho Pk	2.21	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	4	2
3	13,409	309	Navajo Pk A	Apache Pk	0.43	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	5	1
	13,397	97	South Arapaho Pk	North Arapaho Pk	0.47	Monarch Lake	FR	IP BW	9	4
4	13,223	843	Audubon, Mt	Apache Pk	3.36	Ward	FR	IP	8	10
	13,140	40	“Dicker’s Peck”	Navajo Pk A	0.06	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1
5	13,138	718	Ogalalla Pk	Copeland Mtn	1.36	Isolation Pk	FR	IP RM	3	2
6	13,088	468	Paiute Pk	Audubon, Mt	0.89	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	4	2
7	12,979	439	Toll, Mt	Paiute Pk Apache Pk	0.66	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	3	2
8	12,967	347	Shoshoni Pk	Apache Pk	0.88	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	2	3
S1	12,945	285	“Ooh La La!”	Ogalalla Pk	0.60	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1	1
9	12,943	403	Pawnee Pk	Toll, Mt Shoshoni Pk	0.49	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	4	3
10	12,923	1,017	Jasper, Mt	North Arapaho Pk	2.80	East Portal	FR	IP	5	3
	12,876	136	George, Mt	Apache Pk	0.39	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1
11	12,848	468	Elk Tooth	Ogalalla Pk	0.66	Isolation Pk	FR	IP RM	2	1
12	12,814	474	Neva, Mt	Jasper, Mt	0.89	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	3	2
S2	12,799	299	“Iroquois”	Apache Pk	0.68	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
13	12,780	520	“Hopi”	Apache Pk	1.29	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
	12,706	126	“Notabon, Mt”	Audubon, Mt	0.61	Ward	FR	IP	2	1
14	12,660	360	PT 12,660 A	Jasper, Mt	0.83	East Portal	FR	IP	2	1
	12,649	229	Achonee, Mt	“Hopi”	0.65	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
15	12,574	434	“Algonquin”	Paiute Pk	0.93	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
	12,466	126	Little Pawnee Pk	Pawnee Pk	0.61	Ward	FR	IP	3
16	12,395	895	Hiamovi Mtn	Ogalalla Pk	1.7	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	2	1
17	12,391	451	“Red Deer Mtn”	“Algonquin”	1.9	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1	1
18	12,383	636	“Skyscraper Pk”	PT 12,660 A	1.6	East Portal	FR	IP	3	3
19	12,375	595	Watanga Mtn	Hiamovi Mtn	1.2	Isolation Pk	FR	IP RM	1	3
	12,310	10	Caribou BM	“Old Baldy”	1.4	Ward	FR	IP BW	2	2
20	12,304	364	Sawtooth Mtn B	“Red Deer Mtn”	0.9	Allenspark	FR	IP	2	3
21	12,300	394	“Quarter to 5 Pk”	North Arapaho Pk	1.0	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
22	12,296	436	Cooper Pk	Hiamovi Mtn	1.3	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	2	1
S3	12,277	297	PT 12,277	“Red Deer Mtn”	0.7	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1
23	12,220	320	“Hiamovi Tower”	Hiamovi Mtn	0.4	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1	1
24	12,162	902	Saint Vrain Mtn	“Red Deer Mtn”	2.8	Allenspark	FR	IP RM	3	7
25	12,130	350	“Cherokee”	“Hopi”	1.2	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
26	12,113	373	“Blackfoot”	Paiute Pk	1.2	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1	1
	12,100	40	Devils Thumb A	PT 12,660 A	0.3	East Portal	FR	IP	3
	12,060	120	“Achonee Tower”	“Cherokee”	0.4	Monarch Lake	FR	IP
27	12,041	461	Marten Pk	Cooper Pk	0.7	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	3	2
	11,979	199	Satanta Pk	Neva, Mt	1.3	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	2	1
28	11,957	617	Twin Pks D	Adams, Mt	1.7	Shadow Mtn	FR	IP RM	1	1
	11,940	40	Lone Eagle Pk	“Hopi”	0.9	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	2
	11,940	40	Twin Pks D Northwest	Twin Pks D	0.1	Shadow Mtn	FR	IP RM	1	1
29	11,938	318	Thunderbolt Pk	“Blackfoot”	0.9	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	2	2
30	11,754	574	Irving Hale, Mt	Hiamovi Mtn	1.9	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1	2
31	11,721	301	“Roaring Pk”	Adams, Mt	0.7	Isolation Pk	FR	IP RM	1	1
32	11,632	412	Meadow Mtn B	Saint Vrain Mtn	1.2	Allenspark	FR	IP RM	3	10
33	11,580	400	“Coney Island”	Sawtooth Mtn	0.5	Ward	FR	IP	1
34	11,361	301	“Martenette”	Marten Pk	1.0	Isolation Pk	FR	IP	1	1
	11,340	40	Bald Mtn G	“Old Baldy”	2.1	Nederland	FR	IP	4	2
	11,220	120	Guinn Mtn	“Skyscraper Pk”	2.2	East Portal	FR	IP	1
	11,220	65	Woodland Mtn	“Skyscraper Pk”	1.6	East Portal	FR	IP	1	1
	10,860	80	Chittenden Mtn	“Skyscraper Pk”	3.2	Nederland	FR	IP	2	1
35	10,588	448	Lonesome Pk	PT 10,626	1.7	Monarch Lake	FR	IP	1
	10,508	168	Acoma, Mt	Twin Pks D	1.8	Shadow Mtn	FR	IP RM	1

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Area
Gerry Roach’s totals: 124 ascents; 35/35 hard ranked; 3/3 soft ranked; 54/55 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 93 ascents; 33/35 hard ranked; 2/3 soft ranked; 44/55 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 3/17/08: 217 ascents
There are 55 summits on this list, of which 35 are hard ranked and 3 are soft ranked.
All the peaks on this list are in or on the boundary of the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Roger Toll, superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park from 1921 to 1929, tried to no avail to get the Indian Peaks annexed to the Park. Congress first introduced bills in 1971 for the Indian Peaks to become a wilderness area. Congress finally designated the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area in 1978.
This wilderness area covers nearly 75,000 acres, following the Continental Divide for nearly 16 miles in Colorado's Front Range, with the Rocky Mountain National Park as its northern border. The IPWA includes 7 peaks over 13,000 feet in elevation and the highest point is 13,502-foot North Arapaho Peak. A portion of the area, encompassing the headwaters of North Boulder Creek, is closed to the public as it is the City of Boulder watershed.
You can get camping permits from the USFS District Office at 2140 Yarmouth Ave Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 541-2500, or at the Sulphur Ranger District, US Forest Service, 62429 US Highway 40, Granby, CO 80446. “Last Chance” permits are available at Coast to Coast Hardware in Nederland, Colorado.

Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

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