I beheld what made me perfectly sick and dizzy to look at
- the terminal Peak itself -
a smooth, cracked face or wall of pink granite, as nearly perpendicular
as anything could well be up which it was possible to climb.
– Isabella Bird upon spying the Homestretch on Longs Peak in 1873 |
Colorado’s Classic Peaks
– Alphabetized by peak name |
![12,537-foot Anvil Mountain in the San Juans](Colorado_Classics_files/Anvil_files/Anvil1_Thumb.jpg) |
Anvil Mountain in the San Juans (12,537’) |
![12,805-foot Mount Baldy in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Baldy_files/Baldy1_Thumb.jpg) |
Mount Baldy in the Elk Range (12,805’) |
![13,233-foot Belleview Mountain in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Belleview_files/Belleview2_Thumb.jpg) |
Belleview Mountain in the Elk Range (13,233’) |
![12,721-foot Chair Mountain in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Chair_files/Chair01_Thumb.jpg) |
Chair Mountain in the Elk Range (12,721’) |
![12,293-foot Cinnamon Mountain B in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Cinnamon_files/Cinnamon1_Thumb.jpg) |
Cinnamon Mountain B in the Elk Range (12,293’) |
![13,085-foot Keller Mountain in the Gore Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Keller_files/Keller1_Thumb.jpg) |
Keller Mountain in the Gore Range (13,085’) |
![12,296-foot 'North Anvil' in the San Juans](Colorado_Classics_files/North_Anvil_files/North_Anvil1_Thumb.jpg) |
“North Anvil” in the San Juans (12,296’) |
!['OutpostPeak' in the Gore Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Outpost_files/Outpost01_Thumb.jpg) |
“Outpost Peak” in the Gore Range (12,362’) |
!['Peak L' in the Gore Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Pk_L_files/Pk_L_1_Thumb.jpg) |
“Peak L” in the Gore Range (13,213’) |
![Point 13,212 in the Sawatch Range](Colorado_Classics_files/PT_13212_files/PT_13212_01_Thumb.jpg) |
Point 13,212 in the Sawatch Range (13,212’) |
![Point 12,220 B in the Front Range's Rawahs](Colorado_Classics_files/Pt_12220_files/Pt_12220_1_Thumb.jpg) |
Point 12,220 B in the Front Range’s Rawahs (12,220’) |
![Precarious Peak in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Precarious_files/Precarious01_Thumb.jpg) |
Precarious Peak in the Elk Range (13,380’) |
![12,958-foot Purple Mountain in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Purple_files/Purple1_Thumb.jpg) |
Purple Mountain in the Elk Range (12,958’) |
![Peaks R and S in the Gore Range](Colorado_Classics_files/R_and_S_files/RS_Thumb.jpg) |
Peaks “R” and “S” in the Gore Range (12,995’ & 12,857’) |
![13,468-foot Mount Ridgway in the San Juans](Colorado_Classics_files/Ridgway_files/Ridgway1_Thumb.jpg) |
Mount Ridgway in the San Juans (13,468’) |
![13,420-foot 'Siberia Peak' in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Siberia_files/Siberia2_Thumb.jpg) |
“Siberia Peak” in the Elk Range (13,420’) |
![14,092-foot Snowmass Mountain in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Snowmass_files/Snowmass1_Thumb.jpg) |
Snowmass Mountain in the Elk Range (14,092’) |
![13,208-foot Teocalli Mountain in the Elk Range](Colorado_Classics_files/Teocalli_files/Teocalli1_Thumb.jpg) |
Teocalli Mountain in the Elk Range (13,208’) |