Vasquez Mountains Summits – Sorted by Elevation

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Summits of Colorado’s Vasquez Mountains

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Land	Rg	G	J
1	12,947	1,007	Vasquez Pk	“Hassell Pk”	4.03	Berthoud Pass	VP	VM	1	7
2	12,804	1,272	Byers Pk	Vasquez Pk “Hassell Pk”	6.80	Byers Pk	BP	VM	1	2
3	12,803	352	Bobtail BM	Vasquez Pk “Hassell Pk”	2.22	Byers Pk	VP	VM	1	2
4	12,763	623	PT 12,763	Vasquez Pk Bobtail BM	2.56	Berthoud Pass	VP	VM	1	2
5	12,703	643	Bills Pk	Byers Pk	1.02	Byers Pk	BP	VM	1	2
6	12,686	426	PT 12,686 A	Bills Pk	1.23	Byers Pk	BP	VM	1	1
	12,652	272	Nystrom, Mt	Bobtail BM	1.99	Byers Pk	VP	VM	1	3
S1	12,580	280	PT 12,580 D	Bills Pk	0.52	Byers Pk	BP	VM	1
7	12,521	821	Stanley Mtn	Vasquez Pk	1.85	Berthoud Pass	VP	VM	1	1
8	12,317	417	“Rad Pk”	Woods Mtn	1.7	Berthoud Pass	HM	VM	1	1
9	12,315	695	Red Mtn	“Rad Pk”	0.9	Berthoud Pass	HM	VM	1
10	12,246	346	St Louis Pk	Bobtail BM	2.7	Byers Pk	AR	VM	1	2
	12,060	160	Twin Cones South	Colorado Mines Pk	3.1	Berthoud Pass	VP	VM	1
	12,058	198	Twin Cones North	Colorado Mines Pk	3.5	Berthoud Pass	VP	VM	1
11	11,773	873	Ptarmigan Pk	Byers Pk	2.9	Bottle Pass	BP	VM	1	2
S2	11,584	284	Bottle Pk	Ptarmigan Pk	0.7	Bottle Pass	BP	VM	2	3

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Vasquez Mountains climbs above 11,000 feet
Gerry Roach’s totals: 17 ascents; 11/11 hard ranked; 2/2 soft ranked; 16/16 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 28 ascents; 10/11 hard ranked; 1/2 soft ranked; 12/16 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 11/8/09: 45 ascents
There are 16 summits on this list, of which 11 are hard ranked and 2 are soft ranked.
Only summits above 11,000 feet are included on this list.
This list’s scope is west of U.S. 40 near Berthoud Pass, south of the Colorado River near Hot Sulphur Springs, north of Woods Creek east of the Continental Divide, and north of the Williams Fork west of the Continental Divide.
All of the peaks on this list are in Colorado’s Front Range, and in the Vasquez Mountains Sub Range, a fact denoted by the abbreviation VM in the Rg column.
The Land Column gives the land use designation. The abbreviations used are
- BP - peak is in the Byers Peak Wilderness Area
- VP - peak is in the Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
- HM - peak is on the Henderson Mine property
- AR - peak is in the Arapaho National Forest and none of the above areas
Gerry handleveled between the two summits of “Rad Peak” and determined that the highest is the southern summit with the given elevation of 12,317 feet.

Summits of Colorado’s Vasquez Mountains

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Vasquez Mountains climbs above 11,000 feet

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