Colorado’s 100 Highest Summits

For a celebration of the joys that come from climbing Colorado’s highest peaks,
see Gerry’s guidebook, Colorado’s Fourteeners,
and Gerry and Jennifer’s guidebook, Colorado’s Thirteeners.

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes

Colorado’s Fourteeners

Rank CO	Old Elev feet	New Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Proximate Parent Line Parent (if diff)	Iso miles	Summit Quadrangle Parent Quadrangle (if diff)	Rg	G	J	GJ	M	W	S
1	14,433	14,440	9,093	Elbert, Mt	Whitney, Mt, CA	669.95	Mt Elbert Mount Whitney	SW SR	5	17	2	M	W	S
2	14,421	14,428	1,961	Massive, Mt	Elbert, Mt	5.08	Mt Massive	SW	5	5	1	M	W	S
3	14,420	14,427	2,360	Harvard, Mt	Elbert, Mt Massive, Mt	14.96 19.97	Mt Harvard Mt Massive	SW	2	2		M	W	S
4	14,345	14,349	5,326	Blanca Pk	Harvard, Mt	103.61	Blanca Pk Mt Harvard	SC SW	5	3		M	W	S
S1	14,340	~14,347	280	“North Massive”	Massive, Mt	0.86	Mt Massive	SW	2	2	1	M	W	S
	14,340	~14,347	0	Huerfano County HP	Blanca Pk	0.01	Blanca Pk	SC	5	3		M	W	S
5	14,336	14,343	1,836	La Plata Pk	Elbert, Mt Harvard, Mt	6.29 10.95	Mt Elbert Mt Harvard	SW	4	3		M	W	S
6	14,309	14,314	4,242	Uncompahgre Pk	La Plata Pk Harvard, Mt	85.16 85.38	Uncompahgre Pk Mt Elbert Mt Harvard	SJ SW	2	1		M	W	S
	14,300	~14,307	120	“Massive Green”	Massive, Mt	0.39	Mt Massive	SW	3	1	1	M	W	S
7	14,294	14,298	4,554	Crestone Pk	Blanca Pk	27.46	Crestone Pk	SC	2	2			W	S
8	14,286	14,291	3,862	Lincoln A, Mt	Massive, Mt	22.57	Alma	TM	5	5	1		W	S
9	14,270	14,279	2,770	Grays Pk	Lincoln A, Mt	25.05	Grays Pk	FR	10	12	2		W	S
10	14,269	14,276	2,503	Antero, Mt	Harvard, Mt	17.77	Mt Antero	SW	1	2			W	S
11	14,267	14,272	560	Torreys Pk	Grays Pk	0.64	Grays Pk	FR	8	9			W	S
12	14,265	14,269	2,365	Castle Pk A	La Plata Pk	20.91	Hayden Pk	EL	2	1			W	S
13	14,265	14,270	1,125	Quandary Pk	Lincoln A, Mt	3.18	Breckenridge	TM	6	10	1		W	S
14	14,264	14,270	2,764	Evans A, Mt	Grays Pk	9.79	Mt Evans	FR	11	8	2		W	S
	14,260	~14,264	120	“Northeast Crestone”	Crestone Pk	0.10	Crestone Pk	SC	1				W	S
	14,260	~14,264	80	“East Crestone”	Crestone Pk	0.08	Crestone Pk	SC	2	1			W	S
	14,256	~14,262	116	“West Evans”	Evans A, Mt	0.34	Mt Evans	FR	4	7	2		W	S
15	14,255	14,261	2,940	Longs Pk	Torreys Pk	43.74	Longs Pk	FR	19	5	2		W	S
16	14,246	14,250	4,024	Wilson, Mt	Uncompahgre Pk	33.05	Mt Wilson	SJ	3	1			W	S
	14,238	~14,243	138	Cameron, Mt	Lincoln A, Mt	0.50	Alma	TM	5	3	1		W	S
17	14,229	14,236	1,619	Shavano, Mt	Antero, Mt	3.82	Maysville	SW	3	2			W	S
18	14,197	14,205	2,177	Princeton, Mt	Antero, Mt Harvard, Mt	5.21 12.79	Mt Antero	SW	3	2			W	S
19	14,197	14,205	1,337	Belford, Mt	Harvard, Mt	3.32	Mt Harvard	SW	2	1			W	S
20	14,197	14,201	457	Crestone Needle	Crestone Pk	0.49	Crestone Pk	SC	3	1			W	S
21	14,196	14,204	1,896	Yale, Mt	Harvard, Mt	5.56	Mt Yale	SW	2	5			W	S
	14,180	~14,187	80	“East La Plata”	La Plata Pk	0.20	Mt Elbert	SW	1				W	S
22	14,172	14,177	312	Bross A, Mt	Lincoln A, Mt	1.13	Alma	TM	6	5	1		W	S
	14,169	~14,176	29	Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness HP	Massive, Mt	1.23	Mt Massive	SW					W	S
23	14,165	14,169	1,025	Kit Carson Mtn	Crestone Pk	1.30	Crestone Pk	SC	3	3			W	S
	14,159	14,164	259	El Diente	Wilson, Mt	0.75	Dolores Pk	SJ	3	1			W	S
24	14,156	14,162	2,336	Maroon Pk	Castle Pk A	8.06	Maroon Bells	EL	2	1			W	S
25	14,155	14,162	455	Tabeguache Pk	Shavano, Mt	0.75	Saint Elmo	SW	3	2			W	S
26	14,153	14,160	653	Oxford, Mt	Belford, Mt	1.23	Mt Harvard	SW	1	1			W	S
27	14,150	14,155	3,050	Sneffels, Mt	Wilson, Mt Uncompahgre Pk	15.74 18.61	Mt Sneffels	SJ	5	2			W	S
28	14,148	14,152	768	Democrat, Mt	Lincoln A, Mt	1.73	Climax	TM	5	6	1		W	S
	14,134	~14,141	234	“South Elbert”	Elbert, Mt	0.97	Mt Elbert	SW	2	2			W	S
	14,132	~14,139	232	“South Massive”	Massive, Mt	0.70	Mt Massive	SW	3	1	1		W	S
29	14,130	14,141	1,750	Capitol Pk	Maroon Pk	7.46	Capitol Pk	EL	1	1			W	S
30	14,110	14,115	5,530	Pikes Pk	Evans A, Mt Lincoln A, Mt	60.88 67.31	Pikes Pk	FR	4	3			W	S
	14,110	~14,114	170	“South Wilson”	Wilson, Mt	0.33	Mt Wilson	SJ					W	S
	14,100	~14,104	120	“West Wilson”	Wilson, Mt	0.32	Mt Wilson	SJ	3	1			W	S
31	14,092	14,096	1,152	Snowmass Mtn	Capitol Pk	2.34	Snowmass Mtn	EL	3	2			W	S
32	14,087	14,092	2,187	Windom Pk	Wilson, Mt Uncompahgre Pk	26.55 31.86	Columbine Pass	SJ	4	2	1		W	S
33	14,084	14,089	1,024	Eolus, Mt	Windom Pk	1.68	Columbine Pass	SJ	3	2	1		W	S
34	14,081	14,084	301	Challenger Point	Kit Carson Mtn	0.23	Crestone Pk	SC	1	1			W	S
35	14,073	14,079	893	Columbia, Mt	Harvard, Mt	1.89	Mt Harvard	SW	2	2			W	S
36	14,067	14,073	847	Missouri Mtn	Belford, Mt	1.30	Winfield	SW	3	3	1		W	S
37	14,064	14,069	1,204	Humboldt Pk	Crestone Needle Crestone Pk	1.42 1.77	Crestone Pk	SC	2	1			W	S
38	14,060	14,065	720	Bierstadt, Mt	Evans A, Mt	1.41	Mt Evans	FR	10	16	2		W	S
	14,060	~14,064	240	Conundrum Pk	Castle Pk A	0.42	Hayden Pk	EL	2	1			W	S
	14,060	~14,066	240	“Southeast Longs”	Longs Pk	0.11	Longs Pk	FR	1				W	S
39	14,059	14,064	399	Sunlight Pk A	Windom Pk	0.47	Storm King Pk	SJ	3	3	1		W	S
40	14,048	14,053	1,908	Handies Pk	Uncompahgre Pk Sunlight Pk A	11.22 20.33	Handies Pk	SJ	6	11	2		W	S
41	14,047	14,051	4,827	Culebra Pk	Blanca Pk	35.56	Culebra Pk	SC	4	3	1		W	S
42	14,042	14,047	1,542	Lindsey, Mt	Blanca Pk	2.27	Blanca Pk	SC	2	2			W	S
43	14,042	14,049	342	Ellingwood Point	Blanca Pk	0.51	Blanca Pk	SC	2	1			W	S
	14,039	~14,044	179	North Eolus	Eolus, Mt	0.23	Storm King Pk	SJ	3	2	1		W	S
44	14,037	14,040	377	Little Bear Pk	Blanca Pk	1.00	Blanca Pk	SC	3	1			W	S
45	14,036	14,040	896	Sherman, Mt	Democrat, Mt	8.10	Mt Sherman	TM	3	5			W	S
46	14,034	14,037	1,436	Redcloud Pk	Handies Pk	4.91	Redcloud Pk	SJ	3	3	1		W	S
	14,020	~14,025	80	“South Bross”	Bross A, Mt	0.60	Alma	TM	1				W	S
	14,020	~14,023	80	“South Little Bear”	Little Bear Pk	0.18	Blanca Pk	SC	1				W	S
	14,020	~14,025	40	“Northwest Lindsey”	Lindsey, Mt	0.17	Blanca Pk	SC	1	2			W	S
	14,020	~14,024	40	“North Snowmass”	Snowmass Mtn	0.17	Snowmass Mtn	EL	1				W	S
47	14,018	14,023	1,638	Pyramid Pk A	Maroon Pk	2.08	Maroon Bells	EL	2	1			W	S
48	14,017	14,024	877	Wilson Pk	Wilson, Mt	1.51	Mt Wilson	SJ	4	2			W	S
49	14,015	14,020	1,635	Wetterhorn Pk	Uncompahgre Pk	2.76	Wetterhorn Pk	SJ	2	1			W	S
50	14,014	14,019	3,114	San Luis Pk A	Redcloud Pk Handies Pk	26.93 31.71	San Luis Pk	SJ	2	2			W	S
	14,014	14,019	234	North Maroon Pk	Maroon Pk	0.37	Maroon Bells	EL	6	1			W	S
51	14,005	14,012	2,111	Holy Cross, Mt of the	Massive, Mt	19.33	Mt of the Holy Cross	SW	3	2	1		W	S
52	14,003	14,012	1,423	Huron Pk	Missouri Mtn La Plata Pk	3.20 6.10	Winfield	SW	2	3			W	S
53	14,001	14,006	501	Sunshine Pk	Redcloud Pk	1.27	Redcloud Pk	SJ	3	2	1		W	S

Colorado’s Centennial Thirteeners

Rank CO	Rank 13ers	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Proximate Parent Line Parent (if different)	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	G	J	GJ
		13,995	215	“Sunlight Spire”	Sunlight Pk A	0.17	Storm King Pk	SJ
54	1	13,988	1,928	Grizzly Pk A	La Plata Pk	6.76	Independence Pass	SW	2	4
55	2	13,983	883	Stewart Pk	San Luis Pk A	2.53	Stewart Pk	SJ	1	2
56	3	13,980	360	Columbia Point	Kit Carson Mtn	0.24	Crestone Pk	SC	1	1
		13,980	80	“Pin Point”	Wilson, Mt	0.57	Dolores Pk	SJ
		13,980	80	“Kitty Kat Carson”	Columbia Point	0.09	Crestone Pk	SC	1	1
		13,980	40	“Prow, The”	Kit Carson Mtn	0.11	Crestone Pk	SC	1
57	4	13,972	1,152	Pigeon Pk	Eolus, Mt	1.48	Snowdon Pk	SJ	2	2	1
58	5	13,971	2,671	Ouray, Mt	Shavano, Mt Antero, Mt	13.61 17.37	Mt Ouray	SW	2	3	1
59	6	13,951	1,011	Ice Mtn	Huron Pk	2.10	Winfield	SW	2	3
60	7	13,951	611	Fletcher Mtn	Quandary Pk	1.27	Copper Mtn	TM	3	3	1
		13,951	171	Gemini Pk	Sherman, Mt	0.69	Mt Sherman	TM	1	1
61	8	13,950	570	Pacific Pk	Fletcher Mtn	1.41	Breckenridge	TM	3	5	1
62	9	13,943	523	Cathedral Pk A	Castle Pk A	1.71	Hayden Pk	EL	1	1
63	10	13,940	1,080	French Mtn	Elbert, Mt	2.13	Mt Massive	SW	1	2
64	11	13,933	873	Hope A, Mt	La Plata Pk	2.91	Mt Elbert	SW	2	3	1
65	12	13,932	312	“Thunder Pyramid”	Pyramid Pk A	0.61	Maroon Bells	EL	1	2
66	13	13,931	871	Adams A, Mt	Challenger Point Columbia Point	1.88 1.99	Horn Pk	SC	2	3	1
67	14	13,913	733	Gladstone Pk	Wilson, Mt	0.59	Mt Wilson	SJ	1	1
68	15	13,911	451	Meeker, Mt	Longs Pk	0.71	Allens Park	FR	7	4	1
69	16	13,908	648	Casco Pk	French Mtn	1.17	Mt Elbert	SW	1	3
70	17	13,908	448	Red Mtn A	Culebra Pk	0.73	Culebra Pk	SC	2	3	1
71	18	13,904	564	Emerald Pk	Missouri Mtn	1.30	Winfield	SW	2	2	1
S2	S1	13,900	280	“Drift Pk”	Fletcher Mtn	0.56	Copper Mtn	TM	1	1	1
72	19	13,898	758	Horseshoe Mtn A	Sherman, Mt	2.82	Mt Sherman	TM	2	4	1
73	20	13,895	1,515	“Phoenix Pk”	San Luis Pk A	4.98	Halfmoon Pass	SJ	1	3	1
74	21	13,894	2,105	Vermilion Pk	Gladstone Pk Sneffels, Mt	9.07 14.22	Ophir	SJ	2	2	1
		13,876	256	Frasco BM	French Mtn	0.52	Mt Massive	SW	1	2
75	22	13,870	1,050	Cronin Pk	Antero, Mt	2.39	Saint Elmo	SW	1	3	1
76	23	13,865	679	Buckskin, Mt	Democrat, Mt Sherman, Mt	1.51 6.58	Climax	TM	2	4
77	24	13,864	1,124	Vestal Pk	Sunlight Pk A	4.31	Storm King Pk	SJ	3	2	1
78	25	13,860	520	Jones Mtn A	Handies Pk	1.65	Handies Pk	SJ	2	2	1
79	26	13,860	400	North Apostle	Ice Mtn	0.36	Winfield	SW	2	3
		13,860	40	Meeker Ridge	Meeker, Mt	0.17	Allens Park	FR	1	1
80	27	13,857	517	Clinton Pk	Democrat, Mt Fletcher Mtn	2.03 2.64	Climax	TM	1	3
81	28	13,855	475	Dyer Mtn	Sherman, Mt	1.26	Mt Sherman	TM	1	3
82	29	13,852	632	Crystal Pk A	Pacific Pk	0.92	Breckenridge	TM	3	6
		13,852	232	Traver Pk	Clinton Pk	0.66	Climax	TM	1	3
83	30	13,850	470	Edwards, Mt	Grays Pk	1.30	Grays Pk	FR	3	6	2
84	31	13,849	629	California Pk	Ellingwood Point	2.22	Blanca Pk	SC	1	2
85	32	13,845	785	Oklahoma, Mt	Massive, Mt	1.75	Mt Champion	SW	1	3
		13,842	262	Spalding, Mt	Evans A, Mt	1.09	Mt Evans	FR	4	7	3
86	33	13,841	1,501	Half Pk	Jones Mtn Handies Pk	3.92	Pole Creek Mtn	SJ	1	2	1
87	34	13,841	421	Atlantic Pk	Pacific Pk Fletcher Mtn	0.67 0.74	Copper Mtn	TM	3	7	2
88	35	13,841	341	Hagerman Pk	Snowmass Mtn	0.58	Snowmass Mtn	EL	2	2	1
89	36	13,835	735	Turret Pk A	Pigeon Pk	0.48	Snowdon Pk	SJ	1	2	1
90	37	13,832	812	PT 13,832	Redcloud Pk	1.35	Redcloud Pk	SJ	1	2	1
91	38	13,831	331	Holy Cross Ridge	Holy Cross, Mt of the	0.59	Mt of the Holy Cross	SW	1	2
S3	S2	13,831	291	Iowa Pk	Missouri Mtn	0.60	Winfield	SW	1	2	1
92	39	13,830	370	Jupiter Mtn	Windom Pk	0.60	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	2	1
93	40	13,828	688	“Huerfano Pk”	Lindsey, Mt	1.17	Blanca Pk	SC	2	2	1
94	41	13,824	964	Jagged Mtn	Sunlight Pk A	1.43	Storm King Pk	SJ	2	2	1
95	42	13,823	883	“Lackawanna Pk”	Casco Pk	1.73	Independence Pass	SW	1	5
96	43	13,822	2,282	Silverheels, Mt	Bross A, Mt Lincoln A, Mt	5.46 5.73	Alma	TM	3	6	1
97	44	13,821	1,881	Rio Grande Pyramid	Jagged Mtn	10.75	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	2	2	1
		13,820	20	Keyboard of the Winds	Longs Pk	0.24	Longs Pk	FR
98	45	13,819	759	Teakettle Mtn	Sneffels, Mt	1.68	Mt Sneffels	SJ	1	2	1
99	46	13,811	551	PT 13,811	PT 13,832	1.21	Redcloud Pk	SJ	2	3	2
100	47	13,809	869	Dallas Pk	Sneffels, Mt	2.00	Telluride	SJ	1	2	1

Notes by Gerry Roach

There are 134 summits on this list, of which 100 are hard ranked and 3 are soft ranked.
Our Colorado climbs in this elevation range
Gerry Roach’s totals: 347 ascents; 100/100 hard ranked (76 2x+); 3/3 soft ranked; 129/134 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 370 ascents; 100/100 hard ranked (82 2x+); 3/3 soft ranked; 122/134 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 7/8/11: 717 ascents
Total ascents that Gerry and Jennifer have made together: 72

Colorado’s 100 Highest Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Colorado climbs in this elevation range

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