CO’s San Juan Core18 Summits

I have not lost the magic of long days; I live them, dream them still.
Still am I master of the starry ways, and freeman of the hill.
Shattered my glass, ere half the sands had run--I hold the heights, I hold the heights I won.

Mine still the hope that hailed me from each height, mine the unresting flame.
With dreams I charmed each doing to delight; I charm the rest the same.
Severed my skein, ere half the strands were spun--I keep the dreams, I keep the dreams I won.

What if I live no more those kingly days? Their night sleeps with me still.
I dream my feet upon the starry ways; my heart rests in the hill.
I may not grudge the little left undone; I hold the heights, I keep the dreams I won.

– Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Colorado’s San Juan Core18 Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes

Rank C18	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Proximate Parent Line Parent (if diff)	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	G	J
1	14,309	4,249	Uncompahgre Peak	La Plata Peak Harvard, Mount	85.16 85.38	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	3	2
2	14,246	4,026	Wilson, Mount	Uncompahgre Peak	33.05	Mount Wilson	SJ	3	1
3	14,150	3,050	Sneffels, Mount	Wilson, Mount Uncompahgre Peak	15.74 18.61	Mount Sneffels	SJ	5	2
4	14,087	2,187	Windom Peak	Wilson, Mount Uncompahgre Peak	26.55 31.86	Columbine Pass	SJ	4	2
5	14,084	1,024	Eolus, Mount	Windom Peak	1.68	Columbine Pass	SJ	3	2
6	14,059	399	Sunlight Peak A	Windom Peak	0.47	Storm King Peak	SJ	3	3
7	14,048	1,908	Handies Peak	Uncompahgre Peak Sunlight Peak A	11.22 20.33	Handies Peak	SJ	6	11
8	14,034	1,454	Redcloud Peak	Handies Peak	4.91	Redcloud Peak	SJ	3	3
9	14,017	877	Wilson Peak	Wilson, Mount	1.51	Mount Wilson	SJ	4	2
10	14,015	1,635	Wetterhorn Peak	Uncompahgre Peak	2.75	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	2	1
11	14,001	501	Sunshine Peak	Redcloud Peak	1.27	Redcloud Peak	SJ	3	2
Top	End of the San Juan Core18 Fourteeners
12	13,972	1,152	Pigeon Peak	Eolus, Mount	1.48	Snowdon Peak	SJ	2	2
13	13,913	733	Gladstone Peak	Wilson, Mount	0.59	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
14	13,894	2,105	Vermilion Peak	Gladstone Peak Sneffels, Mount	9.07 14.22	Ophir	SJ	2	2
15	13,864	1,124	Vestal Peak	Sunlight Peak A	4.32	Storm King Peak	SJ	3	2
16	13,860	520	Jones Mountain A	Handies Peak	1.65	Handies Peak	SJ	2	2
17	13,841	1,501	Half Peak	Handies Peak	3.92	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	2
18	13,835	735	Turret Peak A	Pigeon Peak	0.48	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	2
19	13,832	812	Point 13,832	Redcloud Peak	1.35	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	2
20	13,830	370	Jupiter Mountain	Windom Peak	0.60	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	2
21	13,824	964	Jagged Mountain	Sunlight Peak A	1.42	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
22	13,821	1,881	Rio Grande Pyramid	Jagged Mountain	10.75	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	2	2
23	13,819	759	Teakettle Mountain	Sneffels, Mount	1.68	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2
24	13,811	551	Point 13,811	Point 13,832	1.21	Redcloud Peak	SJ	2	3
25	13,809	869	Dallas Peak	Sneffels, Mount	2.00	Telluride	SJ	1	2
26	13,807	587	Niagara Peak	Jones Mountain A	0.64	Handies Peak	SJ	3	3
27	13,806	466	American Peak	Jones Mountain A	0.79	Handies Peak	SJ	2	2
28	13,805	945	Trinity Peak	Vestal Peak	1.22	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
29	13,803	943	Arrow Peak	Vestal Peak	0.47	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
30	13,795	495	Point 13,795	Handies Peak	1.31	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
31	13,786	1,086	Animas Mountain	Pigeon Peak Eolus, Mount	1.20 1.50	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	2
32	13,786	806	Potosi Peak	Teakettle Mountain	1.02	Ironton	SJ	1	2
33	13,780	400	Golden Horn	Vermilion Peak	0.42	Ophir	SJ	1	1
34	13,767	747	US Grant Peak	Golden Horn	1.69	Ophir	SJ	1	1
35	13,765	385	West Trinity	Trinity Peak	0.38	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
36	13,752	1,307	San Miguel Peak	Vermilion Peak	2.42	Ophir	SJ	1	2
37	13,752	612	Storm King Peak	Trinity Peak	1.33	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	1
38	13,745	405	East Trinity	Trinity Peak	0.23	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
39	13,738	758	Grizzly Peak B	San Miguel Peak	1.60	Ophir	SJ	1	1
40	13,738	398	Pilot Knob A	Golden Horn	0.51	Ophir	SJ	1	2
41	13,735	395	“T 0”	Dallas Peak	1.43	Telluride	SJ	1	1
42	13,722	1,142	“Animas Forks Mountain”	Handies Peak	3.50	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
43	13,716	1,536	Pole Creek Mountain	Half Peak	5.15	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	2
44	13,714	1,054	Silver Mountain A	Uncompahgre Peak	2.52	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	2
45	13,705	685	Six, Peak	Jagged Mountain	1.02	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
46	13,700	440	Grizzly Peak C	Jupiter Mountain	0.66	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	3
47	13,700	320	Fifteen, Peak	Turret Peak	0.23	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	2
48	13,695	315	Monitor Peak	Animas Mountain	0.45	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
49	13,694	720	Gilpin Peak	Sneffels, Mount	1.18	Telluride	SJ	1	1
50	13,693	913	Rolling Mountain	Grizzly Peak	2.08	Ophir	SJ	1	1
51	13,691	471	“Every Mountain”	Point 13,832	2.62	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
52	13,688	428	“Cooper Creek Peak”	“Every Mountain”	1.08	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
53	13,688	388	Point 13,688	“Animas Forks Mountain”	1.09	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
54	13,686	546	Cirque Mountain	Teakettle Mountain	0.57	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	1
55	13,682	422	Seven, Peak	Six, Peak	0.81	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
56	13,681	501	Point 13,681	Silver Mountain A	1.04	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	2
57	13,674	374	“Quarter Peak”	Half Peak	1.24	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	2
58	13,661	841	Lookout Peak	US Grant Peak	2.98	Ophir	SJ	1	1
59	13,660	840	“Northwest Pole”	Pole Creek Mountain	1.53	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	2
60	13,660	320	Wood Mountain A	Point 13,688	0.45	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
61	13,657	1,477	Carson Peak	“Quarter Peak”	3.46	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
62	13,656	796	Coxcomb Peak	Wetterhorn Peak	1.83	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
63	13,642	502	Redcliff	Coxcomb Peak	0.48	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
64	13,628	808	Silex, Mount	Storm King Peak	0.76	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
65	13,627	967	White Dome	Storm King Peak	2.04	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2
66	13,617	557	Guardian, The	Silex, Mount	0.63	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
67	13,590	570	Matterhorn Peak	Wetterhorn Peak	0.86	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	2	2
68	13,589	409	One, Peak	White Dome	0.76	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
69	13,581	681	Point 13,581	Carson Peak	1.48	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	2
70	13,581	561	Emma, Mount	Gilpin Peak	0.82	Telluride	SJ	1	2
71	13,580	360	Point 13,580 B	Point 13,581	1.22	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
72	13,575	555	Greylock Mountain	Grizzly Peak C	0.94	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	3
73	13,566	746	“Gudy Peak”	“Every Mountain”	1.88	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
74	13,555	495	Wasatch Mountain	Lookout Peak	2.10	Telluride	SJ	2	2
75	13,554	454	McCauley Peak	Grizzly Peak C	0.72	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	2
76	13,552	1,652	Tower Mountain	Niagara Peak “Animas Forks Mountain”	5.35	Howardsville	SJ	1	2
77	13,542	562	Whitecross Mountain	Handies Peak	1.37	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
78	13,540	520	Point 13,540 A	“Gudy Peak”	2.12	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	2
79	13,540	400	Eleven, Peak	Sunlight Peak A	0.56	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
80	13,540	320	“V 4”	US Grant Peak	0.40	Ophir	SJ	1	2
81	13,535	515	Point 13,535	Jones Mountain A	1.52	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
82	13,528	588	Leviathan Peak	Jagged Mountain	0.72	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
83	13,528	388	“V 3”	US Grant Peak	0.44	Ophir	SJ	1	2
84	13,524	464	“Cataract Peak”	Carson Peak	1.41	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
85	13,510	610	Point 13,510 B	Wasatch Mountain Emma, Mount	3.69	Ironton	SJ	1	1
86	13,510	452	Bridal Peak aka “T 11”	Lookout Peak	1.32	Telluride	SJ	1	3
87	13,496	556	Mears Peak	“T 0”	1.36	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2
88	13,492	592	Whitehouse Mountain A	Teakettle Mountain	1.88	Ouray	SJ	1	2
89	13,489	509	Graystone Peak	Arrow Peak	0.57	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
90	13,487	627	Storm Peak A	Tower Mountain	1.35	Silverton	SJ	1	1
91	13,481	421	Three Needles	“T 11”	1.00	Telluride	SJ	1	2
92	13,478	938	Canby Mountain	“Northwest Pole” Niagara Peak	5.52	Howardsville	SJ	2	1
93	13,478	498	Three, Peak	Trinity Peak East Trinity	0.82	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
94	13,477	537	“T 10”	Three Needles	0.67	Ironton	SJ	1	2
95	13,475	535	Two, Peak	Three, Peak	0.83	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
96	13,475	375	“V 10”	Grizzly Peak B	0.66	Ophir	SJ	1	1
97	13,472	612	La Junta Peak	Wasatch Mountain	0.66	Telluride	SJ	2	2
98	13,470	410	Silver Mountain B	Wasatch Mountain	2.14	Telluride	SJ	1	2
99	13,468	448	Ridgway, Mount aka “S 2” TR	Whitehouse Mountain A Teakettle Mountain	0.94	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2
100	13,460	360	San Joaquin Ridge	Wasatch Mountain Silver Mountain B	1.15	Telluride	SJ	1	1
101	13,455	962	Ute Ridge	Rio Grande Pyramid White Dome	4.18	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
102	13,454	914	Hanson Peak	Tower Mountain	3.57	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
103	13,454	394	“Campbell Creek Peak”	Point 13,795	1.01	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
104	13,451	1,311	Kendall Peak	Canby Mountain	4.05	Howardsville	SJ	1	1
105	13,450	350	“Tundra Top”	“Cataract Peak” Carson Peak	0.62	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
106	13,441	381	“S 6”	Mears Peak “T 0”	0.86 1.03	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2
107	13,436	416	“T 5”	Emma, Mount Point 13,510 B	1.80	Telluride	SJ	1	2
108	13,434	534	“Mountaineer Peak”	Kendall Peak	1.21	Howardsville	SJ	2	2
109	13,432	1,332	Twin Sisters East	Rolling Mountain	2.23	Ophir	SJ	1	1
110	13,432	332	“Sundog”	Sunshine Peak	0.96	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
111	13,428	568	Vallecito Mountain	Leviathan Peak	0.49	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
112	13,427	407	Point 13,427	Point 13,540 A	1.18	Handies Peak	SJ	1	2
113	13,416	556	Little Giant Peak	Kendall Peak	1.26	Howardsville	SJ	2	2
114	13,411	471	“Heisshorn”	Wetterhorn Peak	1.20	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
115	13,410	510	Four, Peak	Six, Peak	1.22	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
116	13,402	582	Nine, Peak	Storm King Peak	0.47	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
117	13,402	302	Rhoda, Mount	“Mountaineer Peak”	0.44	Howardsville	SJ	3	3
118	13,393	373	Bent Peak	Carson Peak	1.19	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
119	13,385	365	Chicago Peak	“T 5”	1.56	Ironton	SJ	2	2
120	13,380	520	South Lookout Peak	US Grant Peak	1.19	Ophir	SJ	2	1
121	13,377	357	Point 13,377	“Heisshorn”	0.47	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
122	13,374	394	Twin Sisters West	Twin Sisters East	0.43	Ophir	SJ	1	1
123	13,370	670	Dome Mountain A	Tower Mountain	1.28	Howardsville	SJ	1	2
124	13,368	1,868	Sultan Mountain	Twin Sisters East	4.59	Silverton	SJ	1	2
125	13,359	499	“T 7”	Chicago Peak	1.29	Ironton	SJ	1	1
126	13,342	726	Point 13,342	Ute Ridge	1.41	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
127	13,342	322	Beattie Peak	Vermilion Peak	0.67	Ophir	SJ	1	1
128	13,340	745	Point 13,340 A	“Heisshorn”	1.66	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	2
129	13,340	320	Kendall Mountain	Kendall Peak	0.67	Silverton	SJ	1	1
130	13,339	639	Brown Mountain A	Hanson Peak	1.77	Ironton	SJ	2	2
131	13,330	550	“Proposal Peak”	Tower Mountain	1.74	Handies Peak	SJ	2	1
132	13,328	308	Cinnamon Mountain A	“Animas Forks Mountain”	1.10	Handies Peak	SJ	1	2
133	13,325	465	“East Storm”	Storm Peak A	0.47	Silverton	SJ	1	2
134	13,321	1,101	Sunshine Mountain A	Point 13,540 A	2.46	Handies Peak	SJ	2	1
135	13,321	461	Trico Peak	“T 10”	0.78	Ironton	SJ	2	4
136	13,315	495	“T 8”	“T 7”	0.67	Ironton	SJ	1	1
137	13,312	452	“C.T. Peak”	“Gudy Peak”	0.78	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
138	13,310	610	Aztec Mountain	Jupiter Mountain	1.94	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	2
139	13,309	409	“V 2”	US Grant Peak	0.72	Ophir	SJ	2	3
140	13,308	606	Point 13,308	Point 13,342	0.76	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
141	13,302	722	“P 2”	Oso, Mount	1.71	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
142	13,300	560	“P 3”	“P 2”	0.56	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	2
143	13,300	440	Point 13,300 C	Wetterhorn Peak	0.67	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
144	13,300	360	Galena Mountain A	Canby Mountain	2.13	Howardsville	SJ	1	2
145	13,300	320	“El Punto”	Point 13,340 A	0.63	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	2
146	13,300	320	Point 13,300 D	Beattie Peak	0.60	Ophir	SJ	2	1
147	13,292	832	Electric Peak B	Arrow Peak	0.58	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
148	13,292	632	Sheep Mountain A	Canby Mountain	1.88	Howardsville	SJ	1	1
149	13,286	506	Bonita Peak	“Proposal Peak”	1.00	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
150	13,283	303	Five, Peak	Six, Peak	0.63	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
151	13,274	374	Seigal Mountain	“Animas Forks Mountain”	1.03	Handies Peak	SJ	2	1
152	13,266	966	Wildhorse Peak	Sunshine Mountain A	3.94	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
153	13,265	325	Knife Point	Jagged Mountain	0.76	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	3
154	13,262	362	Heisspitz, The	Four, Peak	0.88	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
155	13,260	520	Darley Mountain	Wildhorse Peak	2.19	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
156	13,260	397	“V 9”	“V 8”	0.82	Ophir	SJ	1	1
157	13,256	798	Broken Hill	Matterhorn Peak	2.02	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
158	13,242	302	“S 4”	“S 6”	0.80	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2
159	13,241	461	“Fortress Peak” aka “U 3”	Redcliff	0.74	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	3
160	13,230	770	Point 13,230 A	Point 13,308	1.89	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
161	13,222	322	Point 13,222 B	Point 13,340 A	0.59	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	2
162	13,220	400	Greenhalgh Mountain	Sheep Mountain A	0.76	Howardsville	SJ	1	1
163	13,218	638	Irving Peak	Oso, Mount	1.20	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	2
164	13,218	438	Engineer Mountain A	Darley Mountain	0.86	Handies Peak	SJ	3	2
165	13,206	549	Hayden Mountain South	“T 8”	1.14	Ironton	SJ	2	3
166	13,206	306	Point 13,206	Point 13,377	0.57	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
167	13,205	505	Nebo, Mount	Point 13,230 A	0.56	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	3
168	13,203	503	Tuttle Mountain	Brown Mountain A Hanson Peak	1.63	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
169	13,201	661	Point 13,201	Point 13,300 C	1.27	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	2
170	13,185	325	Valois, Mount	McCauley Peak Aztec Mountain	1.67	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	1
171	13,180	524	Point 13,180 A	“Every Mountain”	2.08	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	1
172	13,180	404	Grand Turk	Sultan Mountain	0.64	Silverton	SJ	1	2
173	13,169	989	Point 13,169	Point 13,230 A	1.23	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
174	13,165	1,225	Amherst Mountain	Valois, Mount	1.53	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	1
175	13,165	577	“Stony Pass Peak”	Canby Mountain	0.72	Howardsville	SJ	1	1
176	13,164	384	Point 13,164	Half Peak	1.27	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
177	13,159	379	Point 13,159	“T 11”	1.25	Ophir	SJ	1	1
178	13,158	2,338	Twilight Peak	Pigeon Peak Grand Turk	4.91	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	1
179	13,158	378	Point 13,158	Uncompahgre Peak	1.78	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
180	13,157	300	“Window Peak”	Rio Grande Pyramid	0.92	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
181	13,156	616	“V 5”	South Lookout Peak	1.32	Ophir	SJ	1	1
182	13,145	325	“Jackass Point”	La Junta Peak	0.60	Telluride	SJ	1	1
183	13,144	484	Precipice Peak	“Fortress Peak” aka “U 3”	1.52	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
184	13,140	320	Twelve, Peak	Monitor Peak Eolus, Mount	0.49	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	3
185	13,139	519	Hayden Mountain North	Hayden Mountain South	1.18	Ironton	SJ	1	1
186	13,136	356	Hunchback Mountain	White Dome	0.83	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
187	13,132	512	Point 13,132	Darley Mountain	0.88	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
188	13,121	341	Point 13,121	Greylock Mountain	0.47	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	2
189	13,113	1,113	Lizard Head	Gladstone Peak	1.93	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
190	13,111	531	Cow Benchmark	Point 13,132	2.27	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
191	13,110	450	Point 13,110	Nebo, Mount Point 13,308	0.81 1.2	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	2
192	13,109	329	Point 13,109	Rhoda, Mount	0.84	Howardsville	SJ	1	2
193	13,106	726	Point 13,106	Point 13,158 Uncompahgre Peak	1.50 2.2	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
194	13,105	325	“Peak Twenty Two”	Amherst Mountain	0.92	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	1
195	13,100	320	“Corbett Ridge”	Whitehouse Mountain A	0.52	Ouray	SJ	1	1
196	13,095	315	“Tomboy Peak”	Chicago Peak	0.51	Telluride	SJ	1	1
197	13,093	353	Point 13,093	Sunshine Mountain A	1.40	Handies Peak	SJ	2	1
198	13,091	591	Point 13,091	Point 13,106	1.81	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
199	13,077	1,337	Snowdon Peak	Twilight Peak	3.75	Snowdon Peak	SJ	4	1
200	13,075	415	Point 13,075	Hanson Peak	0.95	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
201	13,075	335	North Twilight Peak	Twilight Peak	0.45	Snowdon Peak	SJ	2	1
202	13,074	374	Garfield A, Mount	Graystone Peak	0.99	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	2
203	13,073	453	Blackwall Mountain	Wildhorse Peak	1.26	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
204	13,070	370	Sheep Mountain D	“Peak Twenty Two”	0.40	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	1
205	13,069	329	Point 13,069	Galena Mountain A Niagara Peak	1.77 4.06	Howardsville	SJ	1	1
206	13,062	562	West Needle Mountain	Twilight Peak	1.00	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	1
207	13,052	472	Houghton Mountain	Tuttle Mountain	1.52	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
208	13,051	351	Point 13,051	Silver Mountain A	1.08	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
209	13,046	386	“N 2” aka “South Snowdon”	Snowdon Peak	0.63	Snowdon Peak	SJ	2	1
210	13,042	942	“V 7”	Twin Sisters East	2.07	Silverton	SJ	1	1
211	13,032	452	Organ Mountain B	Amherst Mountain	0.36	Columbine Pass	SJ	1	1
212	13,017	400	Point 13,017	“Window Peak”	1.01	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	2
213	13,016	676	Point 13,016	Point 13,051	1.52	Uncompahgre Peak	SJ	1	1
Top	End of the San Juan Core18 Thirteeners
214	12,990	450	Point 12,990 B	Point 13,164 Point 13,069	1.07	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
215	12,987	567	Bear Mountain A	“V 7”	1.31	Silverton	SJ	1	2
216	12,986	486	“U 4”	Redcliff Coxcomb Peak	1.42	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	2	2
217	12,980	440	“Reconnoiter Peak”	Ridgway, Mount	0.68	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	1
218	12,975	315	Point 12,975	Point 13,201	0.95	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
219	12,968	1,428	Engineer Mountain B	Rolling Mountain	4.74	Engineer Mountain	SJ	3	1
220	12,968	428	“Dragon’s Back”	Blackwall Mountain Wildhorse Peak	0.68	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
221	12,936	396	Point 12,936	Point 13,109 Rhoda, Mount	1.26	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
222	12,933	433	Yellow Mountain North	Pilot Knob A	1.98	Ophir	SJ	1
223	12,932	352	Point 12,932	West Needle Mountain Twilight Peak	0.48	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	1
224	12,932	312	Dolly Varden Mountain	Point 13,093	0.48	Handies Peak	SJ	2	1
225	12,930	830	Sunshine Mountain B	Lizard Head	1.79	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	2
226	12,911	411	Point 12,911	Point 13,169	0.77	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
227	12,905	405	Point 12,905	“Stony Pass Peak” Hunchback Mountain	2.29	Howardsville	SJ	2	1
228	12,892	849	Ute Benchmark A	Point 13,017	1.57	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
229	12,890	1,150	Red Mountain No. 3	Trico Peak Brown Mountain A	2.69	Ironton	SJ	3	1
230	12,890	310	Point 12,890	Vallecito Mountain Leviathan Peak	0.58	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
231	12,881	421	Point 12,881	Ute Ridge	2.68	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
232	12,849	349	“West Turkshead Peak”	Grand Turk	1.21	Silverton	SJ	2	1
233	12,822	322	Point 12,822	Point 12,881	0.62	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
234	12,804	704	McMillan Peak	Red Mountain No. 3	1.49	Ironton	SJ	5	4
235	12,801	381	Abrams Mountain	Tuttle Mountain Brown Mountain A	2.47	Ironton	SJ	1	1
236	12,795	655	Sheridan Mountain	Sheep Mountain D	1.65	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	1
237	12,774	314	“Beartown Bald”	Hunchback Mountain	1.60	Storm King Peak	SJ	1	1
238	12,764	384	Point 12,764	“V 7”	1.02	Silverton	SJ	1	1
239	12,740	840	Indian Ridge	Ute Ridge Point 13,308	2.02	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
240	12,739	479	Point 12,739 A	Cow Benchmark	1.00	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
241	12,703	403	“E 1”	Rolling Mountain	2.15	Engineer Mountain	SJ	1	1
242	12,698	414	Stony Mountain	Emma, Mount	1.14	Telluride	SJ	2	1
243	12,694	394	Point 12,694	Point 13,132 Engineer Mountain A	1.59	Handies Peak	SJ	1	1
244	12,673	453	Point 12,673	Point 13,169	1.39	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	1	1
245	12,673	413	Ohio Peak A	McMillan Peak	1.42	Silverton	SJ	2	2
246	12,654	354	Point 12,654	Greenhalgh Mountain Point 13,069	1.80	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
247	12,634	334	Point 12,634	Lizard Head	0.79	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
248	12,618	398	Point 12,618	“South Snowdon”	1.63	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	1
249	12,614	434	Jura Knob	Point 12,703 Rolling Mountain	1.06	Engineer Mountain	SJ	2	1
250	12,601	421	Point 12,601 A	“V 7” Twin Sisters East	1.09 1.1	Ophir	SJ	2	1
251	12,594	374	“E 3”	Jura Knob	0.83	Engineer Mountain	SJ	2	1
252	12,592	652	Red Mountain No. 1	Brown Mountain A Red Mountain No. 3	1.53	Ironton	SJ	2	3
253	12,580	360	“Angel Knob” TR	Whitehouse Mountain A	0.69	Ouray	SJ	1	1
254	12,579	319	Point 12,579	“V 7” Point 12,601 A	1.22	Ophir	SJ	1	1
255	12,537	597	Anvil Mountain TR	Ohio Peak A	1.66	Silverton	SJ	2	1
256	12,504	764	Grayrock Peak	Engineer Mountain B Grizzly Peak B	3.54	Engineer Mountain	SJ	2	1
257	12,490	510	Endlich Mesa	Sheridan Mountain	1.65	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	1
258	12,460	440	Sliderock Ridge	Grizzly Peak B	2.41	Engineer Mountain	SJ	1	1
259	12,442	462	Point 12,442 A	“V 5”	1.31	Silverton	SJ	1	1
260	12,442	382	Point 12,442 B	Sheridan Mountain	0.49	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	1
261	12,441	501	“Dexter Mountain”	Point 12,739 A	1.51	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
262	12,296	316	“North Anvil” TR	Anvil Mountain	0.62	Silverton	SJ	2	1
263	12,148	448	Point 12,148	“U 4”	1.33	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	1	1
264	12,147	647	Black Face	Lizard Head	1.79	Mount Wilson	SJ	2	1
265	12,114	494	Point 12,114	Point 12,881	2.21	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	1
Top	End of the San Juan Core18 Twelvers
266	11,871	1,251	Potato Hill A	North Twilight Peak Engineer Mountain	2.10	Engineer Mountain	SJ	2	1
267	11,868	328	Bald Mountain A	Silver Mountain B	1.58	Telluride	SJ	1
268	11,861	961	San Bernardo Mountain	Sunshine Mountain B Black Face	1.59	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
269	11,302	402	Point 11,302	San Bernardo Mountain Black Face	1.02	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
270	11,046	306	Point 11,046	Sunshine Peak “Cataract Peak”	2.34	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1
271	10,603	343	Baldy Peak	“Dexter Mountain”	5.49	Ouray	SJ	1	3
272	9,829	689	South Baldy	“S 9” “S 6”	4.87	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	1

Notes by Gerry Roach

This list is defined by:
Every hard ranked peak in a 4x4 block of 16 quadrangles with the Mount Sneffels quad in the northwest corner, plus 2 adjoining quads that hold hard ranked Fourteeners.
These 272 peaks represent the core of the San Juan heartland, Colorado’s largest and finest range.
This set of peaks holds the best of the best.
The core of the core on Colorado’s most prolific quad, Storm King Peak, has been called The Kingdom.
If you climb any peak on this list, you are somewhere special.
The 18 quads, listed from top left to bottom right by row, are:
Mount Sneffels 9 pks,   Ouray 4 pks   Wetterhorn Peak 19 pks,   Uncompahgre Peak 13 pks,
Telluride 15 pks,   Ironton 14 pks,   Handies Peak 24 pks,   Redcloud Peak 16 pks,
Mount Wilson 9 pks,   Ophir 23 pks,   Silverton 13 pks,   Howardsville 14 pks,   Pole Creek Mountain 13 pks,
Engineer Mountain 7 pks,   Snowdon Peak 12 pks,   Storm King Peak 35 pks,   Rio Grande Pyramid 14 pks,
Columbine Pass 18 pks.
As a measure of this list’s importance, 256 of the 272 peaks on this list are also on the list of Colorado’s
1,000 highest peaks. That’s more than a quarter of Colorado’s highest peaks condensed in a small area
of only 1% of Colorado’s area!

Colorado’s San Juan Core18 Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

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