Colorado’s Most Prominent Niners – Sorted by Prominence

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
– Confucius

Colorado’s Most Prominent Niners

– Sorted by Prominence

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet		Summit Name	Quadrangle	Saddle Name	Saddle Elev	Saddle Lat/Long		Saddle Quad & CI	Other fame
1	9,979	4,039		Ute Pk	Battle Rock		5,940	37 16.216 108 40.000		Mud Creek 40	Sleeping Ute Mtn HP
2	9,660	2,845		Diamond Pk	Beaver Basin		6,815	41 39.380 108 25.220		Desert Springs WY 10
3	9,700	2,680		Piñon Mesa HP	Fish Creek	Unaweep Divide	7,020	38 47.428 108 39.298		Snyder Flats 40
4	9,005	2,395		Zenobia Pk	Zenobia Pk		6,610	40 38.517 108 33.166		Sheephead Basin 20	Dinosaur NM HP
5	9,947	1,887		Horse Mtn	Devil Mtn		8,060	37 22.790 107 10.060		Oakbrush Ridge 40
6	9,627	1,847		Fishers Pk	Fishers Pk		7,780	38 59.599 104 29.525		Raton CO/NM or Tin Pan Canyon 40	Raton Mesa HP
7	9,622	1,762		Curley Pk	Curley Pk		7,860	38 17.917 105 18.230		Curley Pk 40
8	9,716	1,736		Poverty Mesa	Cimmaron	Cerro Summit	7,980	38 26.700 107 38.386		Cerro Summit 40	Poverty Mesa HP
9	9,476	1,723		Piñon Hills HP	Manassa NE		7,753	37 03.799 105 54.864		Lobatos 5
10	9,220	1,720		Archuleta Mesa	Edith		7,500	37 03.399 106 57.017		Edith 40
11	9,836	1,696		Buck Mesa	Bull Mtn		8,140	39 02.528 107 29.356		Bull Mtn 40
12	9,516	1,616		Yarmony Mtn	McCoy		7,900	39 55.909 106 38.281		McCoy 40
13	9,444	1,606		Bakers Pk	Bakers Pk		7,838	40 53.443 107 26.162		Bakers Pk 40

Notes by Gerry Roach

This list has 13 peaks on it, of which 4 have more than 2,000 feet of prominence.

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