Colorado’s Retirement Range Summits

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Colorado’s Retirement Range Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank RT	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	17
2	12,429	1,759	“Pk X” B	Logan, Mt	8.95	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	11
3	12,340	720	South Twin Cone Pk	“Pk X” B	5.24	Mt Logan	PR	1	2
4	12,323	383	North Twin Cone Pk	South Twin Cone Pk	1.42	Mt Logan	PR	1	2
	12,303	203	Blaine A, Mt	South Twin Cone Pk	1.05	Mt Logan	PR	1	2
5	12,274	534	“Pk Y” B	“Pk X” B	0.96	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	11
6	12,244	304	“Pk Z” B	“Pk Y” B	0.69	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	4
7	12,168	789	McCurdy Mtn	Bison Pk	2.06	McCurdy Mtn	TA	3	10
8	12,100	320	“Kenosha Pk”	South Twin Cone Pk “Pk X” B	2.35	Mount Logan	KM	1	2
S1	12,100	280	“X Prime” B	“Pk X” B	0.83	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	2
9	12,067	337	“Zephyr”	“Pk Z” B	0.97	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	2
10	11,970	1,510	Windy Pk A	Bison Pk “Zephyr”	5.41	Windy Pk	KM	1	2
11	11,941	401	“Platte Pk”	“Kenosha Pk”	1.22	Shawnee	PR	1	2
12	11,927	307	Shawnee Pk	“Platte Pk”	1.31	Shawnee	PR	1	7
13	11,902	872	North Tarryall Pk	“Pk Z” B Bison Pk	3.41	Topaz Mtn	TA	2	4
	11,871	211	Foster BM	South Twin Cone Pk “Kenosha Pk”	1.39	Mt Logan	PR	1	1
14	11,789	369	“No Payne”	Shawnee Pk	1.90	Shawnee	PR	1	1
15	11,780	920	“Tarryall Pk”	McCurdy Mtn	2.73	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	1
16	11,780	520	Payne BM	“No Payne”	1.54	Topaz Mtn	PR	1	4
17	11,762	662	Topaz Mtn	North Tarryall Pk Bison Pk	2.42	Topaz Mtn	TA	1	2
18	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
19	11,611	391	“Tater Top”	Topaz Mtn	2.54	Topaz Mtn	TA	1	1
20	11,589	929	Buffalo Pk B	Windy Pk A	4.26	Green Mtn	KM	2	3
21	11,570	2,240	“Puma Pk”	“Tater Top” South Twin Cone Pk	6.80	Farnum Pk	PH	1	1
S2	11,517	297	PT 11,517	Windy Pk A	1.31	Windy Pk	KM
22	11,485	345	PT 11,485	Bison Pk “Tater Top”	1.66 1.80	Farnum Pk	TA	1	1
23	11,460	560	PT 11,460 A	PT 11,762 A	0.98	McCurdy Mtn	TA
24	11,449	495	“Little Puma”	“Puma Pk”	0.82	Farnum Pk	PH	1	1
25	11,423	603	PT 11,423 A	PT 11,485 Bison Pk	1.77	Topaz Mtn	TA
26	11,403	503	“Lake Park Pk”	“Tarryall Pk”	1.03	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	2
27	11,395	371	PT 11,395	North Tarryall Pk	1.54	Topaz Mtn	TA
	11,380	200	“Bison View”	PT 11,485 Bison Pk	1.02 1.35	Farnum Pk	TA	3	4
	11,377	277	Farnum Pk	“Little Puma”	0.55	Farnum Pk	PH	1	2
28	11,332	632	Schoolmarm Mtn	“Puma Pk”	2.75	Glentivar	PH	1	1
29	11,328	468	PT 11,328	PT 11,460 A “Tarryall Pk”	0.94	McCurdy Mtn	TA
30	11,306	326	PT 11,306	“Tater Top”	1.32	Topaz Mtn	TA
31	11,294	1,594	Badger Mtn	Schoolmarm Mtn	6.34	Glentivar	PH	1	1
32	11,289	463	Martland Pk	Schoolmarm Mtn	1.47	Glentivar	PH	1	1
33	11,271	484	PT 11,271	Windy Pk A “Zephyr”	3.38	Windy Pk	KM	1
34	11,270	370	PT 11,270	PT 11,395 A “Pk Y” B	1.41	Topaz Mtn	KM	1	1
35	11,230	1,090	PT 11,230	Windy Pk A	2.70	Windy Pk	KM
36	11,206	1,186	South Tarryall Pk	“Lake Park Pk”	1.70	McCurdy Mtn	TA	1	3
37	11,180	400	“Wigwam Park Pk”	PT 11,230	1.35	Windy Pk	KM	1	1
38	11,180	360	PT 11,180 B	McCurdy Mtn	1.23	McCurdy Mtn	TA
39	11,085	505	“Burntop”	“Little Puma”	1.85	Farnum Pk	PH	1	1
40	11,060	579	PT 11,060 A	PT 11,271 PT 11,270	2.10	Topaz Mtn	KM	1
41	11,053	313	PT 11,053 B	Badger Mtn	0.85	Glentivar	PH
42	10,982	482	PT 10,982	South Tarryall Pk	2.5	McCurdy Mtn	TA
43	10,926	306	PT 10,926	PT 11,230	0.6	Windy Pk	KM
44	10,879	1,379	Stoll Mtn	Badger Pk	4.0	Spinney Mtn	PH
45	10,868	848	PT 10,868	Martland Pk	2.3	Farnum Pk	PH
46	10,721	341	PT 10,721	Schoolmarm Mtn	1.4	Farnum Pk	PH
47	10,715	453	PT 10,715	Martland Pk	0.8	Glentivar	PH
48	10,657	767	“Lost Platte Pk”	PT 11,271	3.1	Windy Pk	PR	1	3
49	10,654	634	PT 10,654	PT 11,180 A	2.9	McCurdy Mtn	KM
S3	10,624	284	PT 10,624	PT 11,391	1.6	Observatory Rock	TA
S4	10,624	284	Pilot Pk	PT 10,982	1.2	Tarryall	TA	1	1
50	10,620	560	PT 10,620 B	PT 11,180 A	1.0	Windy Pk	KM
51	10,605	305	PT 10,605	PT 10,654	1.2	McCurdy Mtn	KM
52	10,568	308	PT 10,568	PT 11,053	1.2	Glentivar	PH
53	10,558	811	Reinecker Ridge	Little Baldy Mtn	7.8	Fairplay East	PH
54	10,538	318	Pulver Mtn	Stoll Mtn	1.6	Glentivar	PH	1	1
55	10,462	678	PT 10,462	PT 10,868	1.6	Farnum Pk	PH
	10,460	240	Rishaberger Mtn	Schoolmarm Mtn	1.3	Glentivar	PH	1	1
56	10,421	1,859	Green Mtn H	Buffalo Pk B	4.18	Green Mtn	KM	2	3
57	10,412	392	“Roachaburger”	Schoolmarm Mtn	2.0	Sulphur Mtn	PH	1	1
58	10,380	560	“Pulverizer, The”	Pulver Mtn	0.9	Glentivar	PH	1	1
59	10,378	301	PT 10,378	PT 10,715	0.6	Glentivar	PH
60	10,368	1,038	Indian BM	“Burntop”	8.9	Eagle Rock	PH
	10,363	113	Basin2 BM	Reinecker Ridge	2.5	Fairplay East	PH
61	10,341	355	PT 10,341	Reinecker Ridge	3.1	Fairplay East	PH
62	10,340	440	PT 10,340	Stoll Mtn	1.6	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
S5	10,300	280	PT 10,300	“Puma Pk”	1.3	Farnum Pk	PH
63	10,298	358	PT 10,298	PT 10,341	3.2	Como	PH
64	10,289	399	PT 10,289	Indian BM	1.2	Eagle Rock	PH
65	10,274	344	PT 10,274	Reinecker Ridge	1.4	Fairplay East	PH
66	10,207	347	PT 10,207	PT 10,715	0.9	Glentivar	PH
67	10,190	307	PT 10,190	South Twin Cone Pk	4.4	Observatory Rock	PR
68	10,122	612	Mexican Ridge	PT 10,274	1.4	Elkhorn	PH
69	10,093	313	PT 10,093	PT 10,378	0.5	Glentivar	PH
70	10,073	573	Observatory Rock	Indian BM	2.7	Observatory Rock	PH	1	1
71	10,069	649	PT 10,069	PT 10,380	1.2	Glentivar	PH
S6	10,060	291	PT 10,060	“Roachaburger”	1.3	Glentivar	PH
72	10,030	340	PT 10,030	Indian BM	3.0	Elkhorn	PH
73	9,986	356	PT 9,986	PT 10,030	5.9	Elkhorn	PH
74	9,951	467	Sugarloaf Mtn	“Tater Top”	2.4	Farnum Pk	TA	1	1
	9,940	120	X Rock	PT 11,762 A	1.1	McCurdy Mtn	TA
75	9,928	388	PT 9,928	Indian BM	2.5	Observatory Rock	PH
	9,921	271	Elkhorn BM	PT 9,986	1.4	Elkhorn	PH
76	9,900	840	PT 9,900	PT 10,340	2.7	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
77	9,898	508	Mania BM	PT 9,986	4.2	Sulphur Mtn	PH
78	9,895	355	PT 9,895	“Burntop”	2.3	Eagle Rock	PH
79	9,870	330	PT 9,870	Observatory Rock	1.1	Observatory Rock	PH
80	9,833	303	PT 9,833	PT 9,986	2.0	Sulphur Mtn	PH
	9,830	180	Logan Hill	PT 9,986	1.0	Elkhorn	PH
81	9,752	452	PT 9,752	PT 10,868	2.4	Glentivar	PH
	9,726	106	Clark BM	Mexican Ridge	1.8	Milligan Lakes	PH
82	9,710	500	Eagle Rock A	PT 9,895	2.9	Eagle Rock	PH	1	1
83	9,706	326	PT 9,706	Badger Mtn	1.6	Tarryall	PH
84	9,691	591	Castle, The	Buffalo Pk B	2.5	Windy Pk	KM	2	1
85	9,556	466	Bald Hill	PT 9,619	4.1	Hartsel	PH
	9,544	154	Baker Mtn	PT 10,289	2.2	Eagle Rock	PH
	9,528	98	Link Spring Ridge	PT 10,030	2.0	Elkhorn	PH
86	9,524	814	Spinney Mtn	PT 10,069	4.0	Spinney Mtn	PH
87	9,500	400	“Wigwam, The”	Buffalo Pk B	1.5	Green Mtn	KM	1	1
88	9,489	495	Bradley Pk	PT 10,462	2.5	McCurdy Mtn	TA
S7	9,422	282	PT 9,422	PT 9,900	1.0	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
89	9,380	320	PT 9,380 A	Pulver Mtn	1.9	Tarryall	PH
90	9,380	320	PT 9,380 B	Bradley Pk	1.3	McCurdy Mtn	PH
91	9,339	529	Sulphur Mtn	“Roachaburger”	4.7	Sulphur Mtn	PH
	9,310	177	Al Hill	Eagle Rock A	1.8	Eagle Rock	TA
92	9,300	360	PT 9,300 A	PT 11,328	1.4	McCurdy Mtn	TA
	9,300	80	Mud Hill	PT 9,928	1.7	Observatory Rock	PR
93	9,242	342	PT 9,242 C	PT 9,300 A	0.68	McCurdy Mtn	KM
94	9,241	381	PT 9,241	PT 9,900	1.6	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
	9,236	56	Reese BM	Eagle Rock	2.7	Observatory Rock	TA
S8	9,220	280	PT 9,220	PT 9,422	0.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
	9,193	13	Rob BM	PT 9,870	1.6	Observatory Rock	TA
95	9,192	772	Little Scraggy Pk	Green Mtn H	1.5	Green Mtn	KM	3	6
96	9,189	409	China Wall	PT 9,752	2.6	Tarryall	PH
97	9,162	422	PT 9,162	PT 9,241	1.5	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
S9	9,140	280	North Little Scraggy	Little Scraggy Pk	0.6	Green Mtn	KM	1	1
98	9,137	317	PT 9,137	PT 9,162	2.3	Tarryall	PH
99	9,111	331	PT 9,111	China Wall	1.3	McCurdy Mtn	TA
100	9,083	783	PT 9,083	PT 9,137	4.5	Hackett Mtn	PH
101	9,036	536	PT 9,036	PT 9,083	2.5	Hackett Mtn	PH
S10	9,033	293	Round Mtn	PT 9,706	2.4	Tarryall	PH
S11	9,020	280	PT 9,020	PT 9,900	1.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
102	8,980	360	PT 8,980	PT 9,162	1.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
103	8,954	534	Tappan Mtn	PT 9,036	1.7	Tarryall	PH	1	1
S12	8,940	280	PT 8,940	China Wall	0.7	Tarryall	PH
104	8,906	326	PT 8,906	Tappan Mtn	1.0	Tarryall	TA
105	8,877	977	North Sheeprock	PT 10,654	3.4	Cheesman Lake	TA
106	8,812	1,272	Long Scraggy Pk	Little Scraggy Pk	4.6	Deckers	KM	2	4
107	8,783	783	Redskin Mtn	Castle, The	3.4	Green Mtn	KM	1
108	8,740	520	South Sheeprock	North Sheeprock	1.7	Cheesman Lake	TA
109	8,729	309	PT 8,729	PT 9,162	1.1	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
110	8,722	734	PT 8,722	Redskin Mtn	3.2	Bailey	KM
111	8,685	465	PT 8,685	“Wigwam, The”	2.0	Cheesman Lake	KM
112	8,671	451	East Sheeprock	South Sheeprock	0.7	Cheesman Lake	TA
113	8,660	440	PT 8,660	Redskin Mtn	1.7	Windy Pk	KM
114	8,659	479	PT 8,659	PT 8,722	1.4	Windy Pk	KM
115	8,501	561	Sugarloaf Pk	PT 8,685	0.9	Cheesman Lake	KM	1
116	8,494	474	PT 8,494	Castle, The	1.1	Green Mtn	KM
117	8,484	344	PT 8,484	PT 8,660	0.6	Green Mtn	KM
S13	8,260	280	PT 8,260	PT 8,659	0.8	Bailey	KM
S14	8,232	292	PT 8,232	Sugarloaf Pk	0.4	Green Mtn	KM
S15	8,220	280	PT 8,220	PT 8,285	0.5	Cheesman Lake	TA
	8,220	200	Insmont Hill	Bailey, Mt	2.0	Bailey	PR	1
118	8,183	643	Raleigh Pk	Cathedral Spires	2.9	Platte Canyon	KM	2	2
119	8,140	400	PT 8,140	Redskin Mtn	2.7	Pine	KM
120	8,020	320	Chair Rocks	Raleigh Pk	1.4	Platte Canyon	KM
121	7,980	440	PT 7,980	PT 8,140	1.4	Pine	KM
122	7,933	753	Cheesman Mtn	Sugarloaf Pk	1.2	Cheesman Lake	KM	1
123	7,872	332	Baldy Pk	PT 8,140	1.3	Green Mtn	KM	1
	7,822	2	Wigwam BM	PT 8,685	1.9	Cheesman Lake	KM
124	7,774	314	PT 7,774	Long Scraggy Pk	1.4	Deckers	KM
	7,180	240	Skull Rock	Cheesman Mtn	2.8	Deckers	KM
	6,460	120	Eagle Rock B	Bennett Mtn	2.2	Platte Canyon	KM

Notes by Gerry Roach

There are 160 summits on this list, of which 124 are hard ranked and 15 are soft ranked.
The Retirement Range is the Platte River Mountains, the Kenosha Mountains, the Tarryall Mountains and the Puma Hills. Most of this area is in the Lost Creek Wilderness.
The abbreviations in the RG column denote the range as follows: PR = Platte River Mountains; KM = Kenosha Mountains; TA = Tarryall Mountains; PH = Puma Hills.
“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 11,060 on the Topaz Mtn Quad has three summits with the 11,040-foot contour. With a field visit, I determined that the central summit is lower than both the western and eastern summits. It is hard to tell if the western or eastern summit is the highest, but I give the nod to the western summit with the extrapolated elevation of 11,060 feet.
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 Retirement Range Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

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