Colorado’s Retirement Range Summits

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Colorado’s Retirement Range Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank RT	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 A, Mount Point 12,567	19.18	McCurdy Mountain	TA	6	20
2	12,429	1,759	“Peak X” B	Logan A, Mount Bison Peak	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
4	12,323	383	North Twin Cone Peak	South Twin Cone Peak	1.42	Mount Logan	PR	1	7
	12,303	203	Blaine A, Mount	South Twin Cone Peak North Twin Cone Peak	1.05	Mount Logan	PR	1	2
5	12,274	534	“Peak Y” B	“Peak X” B	0.96	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	12
6	12,244	304	“Peak Z” B	“Peak Y” B	0.69	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	5
7	12,168	789	McCurdy Mountain	Bison Peak	2.06	McCurdy Mountain	TA	3	11
8	12,100	320	“Kenosha Peak”	South Twin Cone Peak “Peak X” B	2.35	Mount Logan	KM	2	3
S1	12,100	280	“X Prime” B	“Peak X” B	0.83	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	2
9	12,067	337	“Zephyr”	“Peak Z” B	0.97	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	2
10	11,970	1,510	Windy Peak A	Bison Peak “Zephyr”	5.41	Windy Peak	KM	1	5
11	11,941	401	“Platte Peak”	“Kenosha Peak”	1.22	Shawnee	PR	1	2
12	11,927	307	Shawnee Peak	“Platte Peak”	1.31	Shawnee	PR	1	7
13	11,902	872	North Tarryall Peak	“Peak Z” B Bison Peak	3.41	Topaz Mountain	TA	2	5
	11,900	40	“Bison Monolith”	Bison Peak	0.55	Farnum Peak	FR
	11,871	211	Foster Benchmark	South Twin Cone Peak “Kenosha Peak”	1.39	Mount Logan	PR	1	1
14	11,789	369	“No Payne”	Shawnee Peak	1.90	Shawnee	PR	1	4
15	11,780	920	“Tarryall Peak”	McCurdy Mountain	2.73	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	1
16	11,780	520	Payne Benchmark	“No Payne”	1.54	Topaz Mountain	PR	1	4
17	11,762	662	Topaz Mountain	North Tarryall Peak Bison Peak	2.42	Topaz Mountain	TA	1	3
18	11,762	342	Point 11,762	McCurdy Mountain	1.16	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	1
	11,695	275	“Catamount, The”	“Tarryall Peak”	0.31	McCurdy Mountain	TA
19	11,611	391	“Tater Top” TR	Topaz Mountain	2.54	Topaz Mountain	TA	1	1
20	11,589	929	Buffalo Peak B	Windy Peak A	4.26	Green Mountain	KM	2	3
21	11,570	2,240	“Puma Peak”	“Tater Top” South Twin Cone Peak	6.80	Farnum Peak	PH	1	1
S2	11,517	297	Point 11,517	Windy Peak A	1.31	Windy Peak	KM
22	11,485	345	Point 11,485	Bison Peak “Tater Top”	1.66 1.80	Farnum Peak	TA	1	1
23	11,460	560	Point 11,460 A	Point 11,762	0.98	McCurdy Mountain	TA
24	11,449	495	“Little Puma”	“Puma Peak”	0.82	Farnum Peak	PH	1	1
25	11,423	603	Point 11,423 A	Point 11,485 Bison Peak	1.77	Topaz Mountain	TA
26	11,403	503	“Lake Park Peak”	“Tarryall Peak”	1.03	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	2
27	11,395	371	Point 11,395 A	North Tarryall Peak	1.54	Topaz Mountain	TA	1	1
	11,380	200	“Bison View”	Point 11,485 Bison Peak	1.02 1.35	Farnum Peak	TA	3	4
	11,377	277	Farnum Peak	“Little Puma”	0.55	Farnum Peak	PH	1	2
28	11,332	632	Schoolmarm Mountain	“Puma Peak”	2.75	Glentivar	PH	1	1
29	11,328	468	Point 11,328	Point 11,460 A “Tarryall Peak”	0.94	McCurdy Mountain	TA
30	11,306	326	Point 11,306	“Tater Top”	1.32	Topaz Mountain	TA
31	11,294	1,594	Badger Mountain	Schoolmarm Mountain	6.34	Glentivar	PH	1	1
32	11,289	463	Martland Peak	Schoolmarm Mountain	1.47	Glentivar	PH	1	1
33	11,271	484	Point 11,271	Windy Peak A “Zephyr”	3.38	Windy Peak	KM	1
34	11,270	370	Point 11,270	Point 11,395 A “Peak Y” B	1.41	Topaz Mountain	KM	1	1
35	11,230	1,090	Point 11,230	Windy Peak A	2.70	Windy Peak	KM
36	11,206	1,186	South Tarryall Peak	“Lake Park Peak”	1.70	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	3
37	11,180	400	“Wigwam Park Peak”	Point 11,230	1.35	Windy Peak	KM	1	1
38	11,180	360	Point 11,180	McCurdy Mountain	1.23	McCurdy Mountain	TA
39	11,085	505	“Burntop”	“Little Puma”	1.85	Farnum Peak	PH	1	1
40	11,060	579	Point 11,060 A	Point 11,271 Point 11,270	2.10	Topaz Mountain	KM	1
41	11,053	313	Point 11,053 B	Badger Mountain	0.85	Glentivar	PH
42	10,982	482	Point 10,982	South Tarryall Peak	2.52	McCurdy Mountain	TA	1	1
43	10,926	306	Point 10,926	Point 11,230	0.6	Windy Peak	KM
44	10,879	1,379	Stoll Mountain	Badger Peak	4.0	Spinney Mountain	PH
45	10,868	848	Point 10,868	Martland Peak	2.3	Farnum Peak	PH
46	10,721	341	Point 10,721	Schoolmarm Mountain	1.4	Farnum Peak	PH
47	10,715	453	Point 10,715	Martland Peak	0.8	Glentivar	PH	1	1
48	10,657	767	“Lost Platte Peak”	Point 11,271	3.1	Windy Peak	PR	1	3
49	10,654	634	Point 10,654	“Wigwam Park Peak”	2.87	McCurdy Mountain	KM
S3	10,624	284	Point 10,624	Point 11,395	1.6	Observatory Rock	TA
S4	10,624	284	Pilot Peak	Point 10,982	1.2	Tarryall	TA	1	1
50	10,620	560	Point 10,620	“Wigwam Park Peak”	1.00	Windy Peak	KM
51	10,605	305	Point 10,605	Point 10,654 Point 10,620	1.22	McCurdy Mountain	KM
52	10,568	308	Point 10,568	Point 11,053	1.2	Glentivar	PH
53	10,558	811	Reinecker Ridge	Little Baldy Mountain	7.8	Fairplay East	PH
54	10,538	318	Pulver Mountain TR	Stoll Mountain	1.6	Glentivar	PH	1	1
55	10,462	678	Point 10,462	Point 10,868	1.6	Farnum Peak	PH
	10,460	240	Rishaberger Mountain	Schoolmarm Mountain	1.3	Glentivar	PH	1	1
56	10,421	1,859	Green Mountain H	Buffalo Peak B	4.18	Green Mountain	KM	2	3
57	10,412	392	“Roachaburger”	Schoolmarm Mountain	2.0	Sulphur Mountain	PH	1	1
58	10,380	560	“Pulverizer, The” TR	Pulver Mountain	0.9	Glentivar	PH	1	1
59	10,378	301	Point 10,378	Point 10,715	0.6	Glentivar	PH	1	1
60	10,368	1,038	Indian Benchmark	“Burntop”	8.9	Eagle Rock	PH
	10,363	113	Basin2 Benchmark	Reinecker Ridge	2.5	Fairplay East	PH
61	10,341	355	Point 10,341	Reinecker Ridge	3.1	Fairplay East	PH
62	10,340	440	Point 10,340	Stoll Mountain	1.6	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
S5	10,300	280	Point 10,300	“Puma Peak”	1.3	Farnum Peak	PH
63	10,298	358	Point 10,298	Point 10,341	3.2	Como	PH
64	10,289	399	Point 10,289	Indian Benchmark	1.2	Eagle Rock	PH
65	10,274	344	Point 10,274	Reinecker Ridge	1.4	Fairplay East	PH
66	10,207	347	Point 10,207	Point 10,715	0.9	Glentivar	PH	1	1
67	10,190	307	Point 10,190	South Twin Cone Peak	4.4	Observatory Rock	PR
68	10,122	612	Mexican Ridge	Point 10,274	1.4	Elkhorn	PH
69	10,093	313	Point 10,093	Point 10,378	0.5	Glentivar	PH
70	10,073	573	Observatory Rock	Indian Benchmark	2.7	Observatory Rock	PH	1	1
71	10,069	649	Point 10,069	Point 10,380	1.2	Glentivar	PH
S6	10,060	291	Point 10,060	“Roachaburger”	1.3	Glentivar	PH
72	10,030	340	Point 10,030	Indian Benchmark	3.0	Elkhorn	PH
73	9,986	356	Point 9,986	Point 10,030	5.9	Elkhorn	PH
74	9,951	467	Sugarloaf Mountain TR	“Tater Top”	2.4	Farnum Peak	TA	1	1
	9,940	120	X Rock	Point 11,762	1.09	McCurdy Mountain	TA
75	9,928	388	Point 9,928	Indian Benchmark	2.5	Observatory Rock	PH
	9,921	271	Elkhorn Benchmark	Point 9,986	1.4	Elkhorn	PH
76	9,900	840	Point 9,900	Point 10,340	2.7	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
77	9,898	508	Mania Benchmark	Point 9,986	4.2	Sulphur Mountain	PH
78	9,895	355	Point 9,895	“Burntop”	2.3	Eagle Rock	PH
79	9,870	330	Point 9,870	Observatory Rock	1.1	Observatory Rock	PH
80	9,833	303	Point 9,833	Point 9,986	2.0	Sulphur Mountain	PH
	9,830	180	Logan Hill	Point 9,986	1.0	Elkhorn	PH
81	9,752	452	Point 9,752	Point 10,868	2.4	Glentivar	PH
	9,726	106	Clark Benchmark	Mexican Ridge	1.8	Milligan Lakes	PH
82	9,710	500	Eagle Rock A	Point 9,895	2.9	Eagle Rock	PH	1	1
83	9,706	326	Point 9,706	Badger Mountain	1.6	Tarryall	PH
84	9,691	591	Castle, The	Buffalo Peak B	2.5	Windy Peak	KM	2	1
85	9,556	466	Bald Hill	Point 9,619	4.1	Hartsel	PH
	9,544	154	Baker Mountain	Point 10,289	2.2	Eagle Rock	PH
	9,528	98	Link Spring Ridge	Point 10,030	2.0	Elkhorn	PH
86	9,524	814	Spinney Mountain	Point 10,069	4.0	Spinney Mountain	PH
87	9,500	400	“Wigwam, The”	Buffalo Peak B	1.5	Green Mountain	KM	1	1
88	9,489	495	Bradley Peak	Point 10,462 McCurdy Mountain	2.57	McCurdy Mountain	TA
S7	9,422	282	Point 9,422	Point 9,900	1.0	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
89	9,380	320	Point 9,380 A	Pulver Mountain	1.9	Tarryall	PH
90	9,380	320	Point 9,380 B	Bradley Peak	1.3	McCurdy Mountain	PH
91	9,339	529	Sulphur Mountain	“Roachaburger”	4.7	Sulphur Mountain	PH
	9,310	177	Al Hill	Eagle Rock A	1.8	Eagle Rock	TA
92	9,300	360	Point 9,300 A	Point 11,328	1.4	McCurdy Mountain	TA
	9,300	80	Mud Hill	Point 9,928	1.7	Observatory Rock	PR
93	9,242	342	Point 9,242 C	Point 9,300 A	0.68	McCurdy Mountain	KM
94	9,241	381	Point 9,241	Point 9,900	1.6	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
	9,236	56	Reese Benchmark	Eagle Rock	2.7	Observatory Rock	TA
S8	9,220	280	Point 9,220	Point 9,422	0.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
	9,193	13	Rob Benchmark	Point 9,870	1.6	Observatory Rock	TA
95	9,192	772	Little Scraggy Peak	Green Mountain H	1.5	Green Mountain	KM	3	6
96	9,189	409	China Wall	Point 9,752	2.6	Tarryall	PH
97	9,180	440	Point 9,180	Point 9,241	1.5	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
S9	9,140	280	North Little Scraggy	Little Scraggy Peak	0.6	Green Mountain	KM	1	1
98	9,137	317	Point 9,137	Point 9,180	2.3	Tarryall	PH
99	9,111	331	Point 9,111	China Wall	1.3	McCurdy Mountain	TA
100	9,083	783	Point 9,083	Point 9,137	4.5	Hackett Mountain	PH
101	9,036	536	Point 9,036	Point 9,083	2.5	Hackett Mountain	PH
102	9,033	306	Round Mountain	Point 9,380 Badger Mountain	2.36	Tarryall	PH
S10	9,020	280	Point 9,020	Point 9,900	1.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
103	8,980	360	Point 8,980	Point 9,180	1.9	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
104	8,954	534	Tappan Mountain TR	Point 9,036	1.7	Tarryall	PH	1	1
S11	8,940	280	Point 8,940	China Wall	0.7	Tarryall	PH
105	8,906	326	Point 8,906	Tappan Mountain	1.0	Tarryall	TA
106	8,877	977	North Sheeprock	Point 10,654	3.4	Cheesman Lake	TA
107	8,812	1,272	Long Scraggy Peak TR	Little Scraggy Peak	4.6	Deckers	KM	2	6
108	8,783	783	Redskin Mountain	Castle, The	3.4	Green Mountain	KM	1
109	8,754	319	Point 8,754	Point 9,180	1.95	Elevenmile Canyon	PH
110	8,740	520	South Sheeprock	North Sheeprock	1.7	Cheesman Lake	TA
111	8,722	734	Point 8,722	Redskin Mountain	3.2	Bailey	KM
112	8,685	465	Point 8,685	“Wigwam, The”	2.0	Cheesman Lake	KM
113	8,671	451	East Sheeprock	South Sheeprock	0.7	Cheesman Lake	TA
114	8,660	440	Point 8,660	Redskin Mountain	1.7	Windy Peak	KM
115	8,659	479	Point 8,659	Point 8,722	1.4	Windy Peak	KM
116	8,501	561	Sugarloaf Peak	Point 8,685	0.9	Cheesman Lake	KM	1
117	8,494	474	Point 8,494	Castle, The	1.1	Green Mountain	KM
118	8,484	344	Point 8,484	Point 8,660	0.6	Green Mountain	KM
S12	8,260	280	Point 8,260	Point 8,659	0.8	Bailey	KM
S13	8,232	292	Point 8,232	Sugarloaf Peak	0.4	Green Mountain	KM
S14	8,220	280	Point 8,220	Point 8,285	0.5	Cheesman Lake	TA
	8,220	200	Insmont Hill	Bailey, Mount	2.0	Bailey	PR	1
119	8,191	651	Raleigh Peak	Cathedral Spires Little Scraggy Peak	2.87	Platte Canyon	KM	2	2
120	8,140	400	Point 8,140	Redskin Mountain	2.7	Pine	KM
121	8,020	320	Chair Rocks	Raleigh Peak	1.4	Platte Canyon	KM
122	7,980	440	Point 7,980	Point 8,140	1.4	Pine	KM
123	7,946	766	Cheesman Mountain	Sugarloaf Peak	1.2	Cheesman Lake	KM	1
124	7,872	332	Baldy Peak	Point 8,140	1.3	Green Mountain	KM	1
	7,822	2	Wigwam Benchmark	Point 8,685	1.9	Cheesman Lake	KM
125	7,774	314	Point 7,774	Long Scraggy Peak	1.4	Deckers	KM
	7,180	240	Skull Rock	Cheesman Mountain	2.8	Deckers	KM
	6,460	120	Eagle Rock B	Bennett Mountain	2.2	Platte Canyon	KM

Notes by Gerry Roach

There are 161 summits on this list, of which 125 are hard ranked and 14 are soft ranked.
The Retirement Range is the Platte River Mountains, the Kenosha Mountains, the Tarryall Mountains and the Puma Hills. Most of this area is in the Lost Creek Wilderness.
The abbreviations in the RG column denote the range as follows: PR = Platte River Mountains; KM = Kenosha Mountains; TA = Tarryall Mountains; PH = Puma Hills.
“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 11,060 on the Topaz Mountain Quad has three summits with the 11,040-foot contour. With a field visit, I determined that the central summit is lower than both the western and eastern summits. It is hard to tell if the western or eastern summit is the highest, but I give the nod to the western summit with the extrapolated elevation of 11,060 feet.
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.
The highpoint of Raleigh Peak is 115 feet east of the benchmark location. Raleigh’s elevation of 8,191 is the interpolation of spot elevation 8,183 and the next higher contour.
Cheesman Mountain’s benchmark with an elevation of 7,933 feet is below the summit block. The block is estimated to be 15 feet higher. Cheesman’s elevation is the interpolation of 7,933 and the next highest contour.

Colorado’s Retirement Range Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

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