Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area Summits

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Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank LCW	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Proximate Parent Line Parent if different	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	G	J
1	12,431	2,451	Bison Peak	Logan, Mount	19.18	McCurdy Mountain	TA	6	20
2	12,429	1,759	“Peak X” B	Logan, Mount	8.95	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	16
3	12,340	720	South Twin Cone Peak	“Peak X” B	5.24	Mount Logan	PR	2	6
	12,303	203	Blaine A, Mount	South Twin Cone Peak	1.05	Mount Logan	PR	1	2
4	12,274	534	“Peak Y” B	“Peak X” B	0.96	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	12
5	12,244	304	“Peak Z” B	“Peak Y” B	0.69	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	5
6	12,168	789	McCurdy Mountain	Bison Peak	2.06	McCurdy Mountain	TA	3	11
7	12,100	320	“Kenosha Peak”	South Twin Cone Peak	2.35	Mount Logan	KM	1	2
S1	12,100	280	“X Prime” B	“Peak X” B	0.85	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	2
8	12,067	337	“Zephyr”	“Peak Z” B	0.97	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	2
9	11,970	1,510	Windy Peak A	Bison Peak	5.41	Windy Peak	KM	1	5
10	11,941	401	“Platte Peak”	“Kenosha Peak”	1.22	Shawnee	PR	1	2
11	11,927	307	Shawnee Peak	“Platte Peak”	1.31	Shawnee	PR	1	7
	11,900	40	“Bison Monolith”	Bison Peak	0.55	Farnum Peak	FR
	11,871	211	Foster Benchmark	South Twin Cone Peak	1.39	Mount Logan	PR	1	1
12	11,789	369	“No Payne”	Shawnee Peak	1.90	Shawnee	PR	1	1
13	11,780	920	“Tarryall Peak”	McCurdy Mountain	2.73	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	1
14	11,780	520	Payne Benchmark	“No Payne”	1.54	Topaz Mountain	PR	1	4
15	11,762	342	Point 11,762 A	McCurdy Mountain	1.16	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	1
	11,695	275	“Catamount, The”	“Tarryall Peak”	0.31	McCurdy Mountain	TA
16	11,611	391	“Tater Top” TR	Topaz Mountain	2.54	Topaz Mountain	TA	1	1
17	11,589	929	Buffalo Peak B	Windy Peak A	4.26	Green Mountain	KM	2	3
S2	11,517	297	Point 11,517	Windy Peak A	1.33	Windy Peak	KM
18	11,485	345	Point 11,485	Bison Peak “Tater Top”	1.66 1.80	Farnum Peak	TA	1	1
19	11,460	560	Point 11,460 A	Point 11,762	0.98	McCurdy Mountain	TA
20	11,423	603	Point 11,423 A	Point 11,485	1.94	Topaz Mountain	TA
21	11,403	503	“Lake Park Peak”	“Tarryall Peak”	1.03	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	2
	11,380	200	“Bison View”	Point 11,485 Bison Peak	1.02 1.35	Farnum Peak	TA	3	4
22	11,328	468	Point 11,328	Point 11,460	0.94	McCurdy Mountain	TA
23	11,271	484	Point 11,271	Windy Peak A	3.38	Windy Peak	KM	1
24	11,230	1,090	Point 11,230	Windy Peak A	2.70	Windy Peak	KM
25	11,206	1,186	South Tarryall Peak	Point 11,403	1.70	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	3
26	11,180	400	“Wigwam Park Peak”	Point 11,230	1.35	Windy Peak	KM	1	1
27	11,180	360	Point 11,180 B	McCurdy Mountain	1.23	McCurdy Mountain	TA
28	10,982	482	Point 10,982	South Tarryall Peak	2.52	McCurdy Mountain	TA
29	10,926	306	Point 10,926	Point 11,230	0.60	Windy Peak	KM
30	10,657	767	“Lost Platte Peak”	Point 11,271	3.10	Windy Peak	PR	1	3
31	10,654	634	Point 10,654	Point 11,180 A	2.87	McCurdy Mountain	KM
S3	10,624	284	Pilot Peak	Point 10,982	1.27	Tarryall	TA	1	1
32	10,620	560	Point 10,620 B	Point 11,180 A	1.00	Windy Peak	KM
33	10,605	305	Point 10,605	Point 10,654	1.22	McCurdy Mountain	KM
	9,940	120	X Rock	Point 11,762	1.09	McCurdy Mountain	TA
34	9,691	591	Castle, The	Buffalo Peak B	2.57	Windy Peak	KM	2	1
35	9,500	400	“Wigwam, The”	Buffalo Peak B	1.49	Green Mountain	KM	1	1
36	9,300	360	Point 9,300 A	Point 11,328	1.41	McCurdy Mountain	TA
37	9,242	342	Point 9,242 C	Point 9,300 A	0.68	McCurdy Mountain	KM

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area
Gerry Roach’s totals: 42 ascents; 25/37 hard ranked; 2/3 soft ranked; 30/46 overall
Jennifer’s totals: 121 ascents; 24/37 hard ranked; 2/3 soft ranked; 29/46 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 12/11/10: 163 ascents
There are 46 summits on this list, of which 37 are hard ranked and 3 are soft ranked.
All the peaks on this list are in or on the boundary of the Lost Creek Wilderness Area.
This list is a subset of our Retirement Range List.
The abbreviations in the RG column denote the range as follows: PR = Platte River Mountains; KM = Kenosha Mountains; TA = Tarryall Mountains.
“Wigwam Park Peak” has three contours of 11,160 feet. The northwest summit has the given elevation of 11,171 feet, while the extrpolated elevation for the two contours that do not have a given elevation is 11,180 feet - a higher number. After careful hand level measurments of the three summits, I have determined that the tree-covered southeast summit is definetly lower than the other two, and that the central summit is about two feet higher than the northwest summit with the given elevation of 11,171 feet. Until more accurate information is available, I consider that the central summit is the summit of the mountain, and give it the extrapolated elevation of 11,180 feet. Both the central and northeast summits are rock outcrops with open, expansive views, and you can ascend both these summit outcrops on their northeast sides.
Point 11,485 on the Farnum Peak Quad has four 11,440-foot contours. The southern carries the spot elevation 11,466, the northern carries the spot elevation 11,469, and the two in between have no spot elevations. Using only the map, this peak would list as Point 11,469, but field observation by Bob Martin and others has shown that the southern of the two unnumbered contours is the highpoint of the mountain. It is significantly higher than the other summits, and Bob Martin estimated its elevation as 11,485 feet. This height means that the summit is missing a contour line on the quad.

Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our climbs in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness Area

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