Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area Summits

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Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank LCW	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	G	J
1	12,431	2,451	Bison Pk	Logan, Mt	19.18	McCurdy Mtn	TA	6	15
2	12,429	1,759	“Pk X” B	Logan, Mt	8.95	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	10
3	12,340	720	South Twin Cone Pk	“Pk X” B	5.24	Mt Logan	PR	1	2
	12,303	203	Blaine A, Mt	South Twin Cone Pk	1.05	Mt Logan	PR	1	2
4	12,274	534	“Pk Y” B	“Pk X” B	0.96	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	9
5	12,244	304	“Pk Z” B	“Pk Y” B	0.69	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	3
6	12,168	789	McCurdy Mtn	Bison Pk	2.06	McCurdy Mtn	TA	3	10
7	12,100	320	“Kenosha Pk”	South Twin Cone Pk	2.35	Mount Logan	KM	1	2
S1	12,100	280	“X Prime” B	“Pk X” B	0.85	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	2
8	12,067	337	“Zephyr”	“Pk Z” B	0.97	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	2
9	11,970	1,510	Windy Pk A	Bison Pk	5.41	Windy Pk	KM	1	2
10	11,941	401	“Platte Pk”	“Kenosha Pk”	1.22	Shawnee	PR	1	2
11	11,927	307	Shawnee Pk	“Platte Pk”	1.31	Shawnee	PR	1	7
	11,871	211	Foster BM	South Twin Cone Pk	1.39	Mt Logan	PR	1	1
12	11,789	369	“No Payne”	Shawnee Pk	1.90	Shawnee	PR	1	1
13	11,780	920	“Tarryall Pk”	McCurdy Mtn	2.73	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	1
14	11,780	520	Payne BM	“No Payne”	1.54	Topaz Mtn	PR	1	4
15	11,762	342	PT 11,762 A	McCurdy Mtn	1.16	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	1
	11,695	275	“Catamount, The”	“Tarryall Pk”	0.31	McCurdy Mtn	TA
16	11,611	391	“Tater Top”	Topaz Mtn	2.54	Topaz Mtn	TA	1	1
17	11,589	929	Buffalo Pk B	Windy Pk A	4.26	Green Mtn	KM	2	3
S2	11,517	297	PT 11,517	Windy Pk A	1.33	Windy Pk	KM
18	11,485	345	PT 11,485	Bison Pk “Tater Top”	1.66 1.80	Farnum Pk	TA	1	1
19	11,460	560	PT 11,460 A	PT 11,762	0.98	McCurdy Mtn	TA
20	11,423	603	PT 11,423 A	PT 11,485	1.94	Topaz Mtn	TA
21	11,403	503	“Lake Park Pk”	“Tarryall Pk”	1.03	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	2
	11,380	200	“Bison View”	PT 11,485 Bison Pk	1.02 1.35	Farnum Pk	TA	3	4
22	11,328	468	PT 11,328	PT 11,460	0.94	McCurdy Mtn	TA
23	11,271	484	PT 11,271	Windy Pk A	3.38	Windy Pk	KM	1
24	11,230	1,090	PT 11,230	Windy Pk A	2.70	Windy Pk	KM
25	11,206	1,186	South Tarryall Pk	PT 11,403	1.70	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	3
26	11,180	400	“Wigwam Park Pk”	PT 11,230	1.35	Windy Pk	KM	1	1
27	11,180	360	PT 11,180 B	McCurdy Mtn	1.23	McCurdy Mtn	TA
28	10,982	482	PT 10,982	South Tarryall Pk	2.52	McCurdy Mtn	TA
29	10,926	306	PT 10,926	PT 11,230	0.60	Windy Pk	KM
30	10,657	767	“Lost Platte Pk”	PT 11,271	3.10	Windy Pk	PR	1	3
31	10,654	634	PT 10,654	PT 11,180 A	2.87	McCurdy Mtn	KM
S3	10,624	284	Pilot Pk	PT 10,982	1.27	Tarryall	TA	1	1
32	10,620	560	PT 10,620 B	PT 11,180 A	1.00	Windy Pk	KM
33	10,605	305	PT 10,605	PT 10,654	1.22	McCurdy Mtn	KM
	9,940	120	X Rock	PT 11,762	1.09	McCurdy Mtn	TA
34	9,691	591	Castle, The	Buffalo Pk B	2.57	Windy Pk	KM	2	1
35	9,500	400	“Wigwam, The”	Buffalo Pk B	1.49	Green Mtn	KM	1	1
36	9,300	360	PT 9,300 A	PT 11,328	1.41	McCurdy Mtn	TA
37	9,242	342	PT 9,242 C	PT 9,300 A	0.68	McCurdy Mtn	KM

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area
Gerry Roach’s totals: 41 ascents; 25/37 hard ranked; 2/3 soft ranked; 30/45 overall
Jennifer’s totals: 97 ascents; 24/37 hard ranked; 2/3 soft ranked; 29/44 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 4/25/10: 138 ascents
There are 45 summits on this list, of which 37 are hard ranked and 3 are soft ranked.
All the peaks on this list are in or on the boundary of the Lost Creek Wilderness Area.
This list is a subset of our Retirement Range List.
The abbreviations in the RG column denote the range as follows: PR = Platte River Mountains; KM = Kenosha Mountains; TA = Tarryall Mountains.
“Wigwam Park Peak” has three contours of 11,160 feet. The northwest summit has the given elevation of 11,171 feet, while the extrpolated elevation for the two contours that do not have a given elevation is 11,180 feet - a higher number. After careful hand level measurments of the three summits, I have determined that the tree-covered southeast summit is definetly lower than the other two, and that the central summit is about two feet higher than the northwest summit with the given elevation of 11,171 feet. Until more accurate information is available, I consider that the central summit is the summit of the mountain, and give it the extrapolated elevation of 11,180 feet. Both the central and northeast summits are rock outcrops with open, expansive views, and you can ascend both these summit outcrops on their northeast sides.
Point 11,485 on the Farnum Peak Quad has four 11,440-foot contours. The southern carries the spot elevation 11,466, the northern carries the spot elevation 11,469, and the two in between have no spot elevations. Using only the map, this peak would list as Point 11,469, but field observation by Bob Martin and others has shown that the southern of the two unnumbered contours is the highpoint of the mountain. It is significantly higher than the other summits, and Bob Martin estimated its elevation as 11,485 feet. This height means that the summit is missing a contour line on the quad.

Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area

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