CO’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.

Colorado’s 100 Highest Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes

Colorado’s Fourteeners Colorado’s Centennial Thirteeners

Rank CO	Old Elev feet	New Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Proximate Parent Line Parent if different	Iso miles	Summit Quadrangle Parent Quadrangle (if diff)	Rg	G	J	GJ
1	14,433	14,440	9,093	Elbert, Mount	Whitney, Mount, CA	669.95	Mount Elbert Mount Whitney	SW SR	5	17	2
2	14,421	14,428	1,961	Massive, Mount	Elbert, Mount	5.08	Mount Massive	SW	5	5	1
3	14,420	14,427	2,360	Harvard, Mount	Elbert, Mount Massive, Mount	14.96 19.97	Mount Harvard Mount Massive	SW	2	2
4	14,345	14,349	5,326	Blanca Peak	Harvard, Mount	103.61	Blanca Peak Mount Harvard	SC SW	5	3
S1	14,340	~14,347	280	“North Massive”	Massive, Mount	0.86	Mount Massive	SW	2	2	1
	14,340	~14,347	0	Huerfano County Highpoint	Blanca Peak	0.01	Blanca Peak	SC	5	3
5	14,336	14,343	1,836	La Plata Peak	Elbert, Mount Harvard, Mount	6.29 10.95	Mount Elbert Mount Harvard	SW	4	3
6	14,309	14,314	4,242	Uncompahgre Peak	La Plata Peak Harvard, Mount	85.16 85.38	Uncompahgre Peak Mount Harvard	SJ SW	3	2	1
	14,300	~14,307	120	“Massive Green”	Massive, Mount	0.39	Mount Massive	SW	3	1	1
7	14,294	14,298	4,554	Crestone Peak	Blanca Peak	27.46	Crestone Peak	SC	2	2
8	14,286	14,291	3,862	Lincoln, Mount A	Massive, Mount	22.57	Alma	TM	5	5	1
9	14,270	14,279	2,770	Grays Peak	Lincoln, Mount A	25.05	Grays Peak	FR	11	15	3
10	14,269	14,276	2,503	Antero, Mount	Harvard, Mount	17.77	Mount Antero	SW	2	2
11	14,267	14,272	560	Torreys Peak	Grays Peak	0.64	Grays Peak	FR	9	9
12	14,265	14,269	2,365	Castle Peak A	La Plata Peak	20.91	Hayden Peak	EL	2	1
13	14,265	14,270	1,125	Quandary Peak	Lincoln, Mount A	3.18	Breckenridge	TM	6	10	1
14	14,264	14,270	2,764	Evans, Mount A	Grays Peak	9.79	Mount Evans	FR	20	8	2
	14,260	~14,264	80	“East Crestone”	Crestone Peak	0.08	Crestone Peak	SC	2	1
	14,256	~14,262	116	“West Evans”	Evans, Mount A	0.34	Mount Evans	FR	4	7	2
15	14,255	14,261	2,940	Longs Peak EB	Torreys Peak	43.74	Longs Peak	FR	19	5	2
	14,250	~14,254	110	“Northeast Crestone”	Crestone Peak	0.10	Crestone Peak	SC	1
16	14,246	14,250	4,024	Wilson, Mount	Uncompahgre Peak	33.05	Mount Wilson	SJ	3	1
	14,238	~14,243	138	Cameron, Mount	Lincoln, Mount A	0.50	Alma	TM	5	3	1
17	14,229	14,236	1,619	Shavano, Mount	Antero, Mount	3.82	Maysville	SW	3	2
18	14,197	14,205	2,177	Princeton, Mount	Antero, Mount Harvard, Mount	5.21 12.79	Mount Antero	SW	3	2
19	14,197	14,205	1,337	Belford, Mount	Harvard, Mount	3.32	Mount Harvard	SW	3	1
20	14,197	14,201	457	Crestone Needle	Crestone Peak	0.49	Crestone Peak	SC	3	1
21	14,196	14,204	1,896	Yale, Mount	Harvard, Mount	5.56	Mount Yale	SW	2	5
	14,180	~14,187	80	“East La Plata”	La Plata Peak	0.20	Mount Elbert	SW	1
22	14,172	14,177	312	Bross, Mount A	Lincoln, Mount A	1.13	Alma	TM	6	5	1
	14,169	~14,176	29	Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Highpoint	Massive, Mount	1.23	Mount Massive	SW
23	14,165	14,169	1,025	Kit Carson Mountain	Crestone Peak	1.30	Crestone Peak	SC	3	3
	14,159	14,164	259	El Diente	Wilson, Mount	0.75	Dolores Peak	SJ	3	1
24	14,156	14,162	2,336	Maroon Peak	Castle Peak A	8.06	Maroon Bells	EL	2	1
25	14,155	14,162	455	Tabeguache Peak	Shavano, Mount	0.75	Saint Elmo	SW	3	2
26	14,153	14,160	653	Oxford, Mount	Belford, Mount	1.23	Mount Harvard	SW	2	1
27	14,150	14,155	3,050	Sneffels, Mount	Wilson, Mount Uncompahgre Peak	15.74 18.61	Mount Sneffels	SJ	5	2
28	14,148	14,152	768	Democrat, Mount	Lincoln, Mount A	1.73	Climax	TM	5	6	1
	14,134	~14,141	234	“South Elbert”	Elbert, Mount	0.97	Mount Elbert	SW	2	2
	14,132	~14,139	232	“South Massive”	Massive, Mount	0.70	Mount Massive	SW	3	1	1
29	14,130	14,141	1,750	Capitol Peak	Maroon Peak	7.46	Capitol Peak	EL	1	1
30	14,110	14,115	5,530	Pikes Peak	Evans, Mount A Lincoln, Mount A	60.88 67.31	Pikes Peak	FR	7	3
	14,110	~14,114	170	“South Wilson”	Wilson, Mount	0.33	Mount Wilson	SJ
	14,100	~14,104	120	“West Wilson”	Wilson, Mount	0.32	Mount Wilson	SJ	3	1
31	14,092	14,096	1,152	Snowmass Mountain TR	Capitol Peak	2.34	Snowmass Mountain	EL	3	2
32	14,087	14,092	2,187	Windom Peak	Wilson, Mount Uncompahgre Peak	26.55 31.86	Columbine Pass	SJ	4	2	1
33	14,084	14,089	1,024	Eolus, Mount	Windom Peak	1.68	Columbine Pass	SJ	3	2	1
34	14,081	14,084	301	Challenger Point	Kit Carson Mountain	0.23	Crestone Peak	SC	2	1
35	14,073	14,079	893	Columbia, Mount	Harvard, Mount	1.89	Mount Harvard	SW	2	2
36	14,067	14,073	847	Missouri Mountain	Belford, Mount	1.30	Winfield	SW	3	3	1
37	14,064	14,069	1,204	Humboldt Peak	Crestone Needle Crestone Peak	1.42 1.77	Crestone Peak	SC	2	1
38	14,060	14,065	720	Bierstadt, Mount	Evans, Mount A	1.41	Mount Evans	FR	10	16	2
	14,060	~14,064	240	Conundrum Peak	Castle Peak A	0.42	Hayden Peak	EL	2	1
	14,060	~14,066	240	“Southeast Longs” EB	Longs Peak	0.11	Longs Peak	FR	1
39	14,059	14,064	399	Sunlight Peak A	Windom Peak	0.47	Storm King Peak	SJ	3	3	1
40	14,048	14,053	1,908	Handies Peak	Uncompahgre Peak Sunlight Peak A	11.22 20.33	Handies Peak	SJ	6	11	2
41	14,047	14,051	4,827	Culebra Peak	Blanca Peak	35.56	Culebra Peak	SC	4	3	1
42	14,042	14,047	1,542	Lindsey, Mount	Blanca Peak	2.27	Blanca Peak	SC	2	2
43	14,042	14,049	342	Ellingwood Point	Blanca Peak	0.51	Blanca Peak	SC	2	1
	14,039	~14,044	179	North Eolus	Eolus, Mount	0.23	Storm King Peak	SJ	3	2	1
44	14,037	14,040	377	Little Bear Peak	Blanca Peak	1.00	Blanca Peak	SC	3	1
45	14,036	14,040	896	Sherman, Mount	Democrat, Mount	8.10	Mount Sherman	TM	3	5
46	14,034	14,037	1,436	Redcloud Peak	Handies Peak	4.91	Redcloud Peak	SJ	3	3	1
	14,020	~14,025	80	“South Bross”	Bross, Mount A	0.60	Alma	TM	1
	14,020	~14,023	80	“South Little Bear”	Little Bear Peak	0.18	Blanca Peak	SC	1
	14,020	~14,025	40	“Northwest Lindsey”	Lindsey, Mount	0.17	Blanca Peak	SC	1	2
	14,020	~14,024	40	“North Snowmass”	Snowmass Mountain	0.17	Snowmass Mountain	EL	1
47	14,018	14,023	1,638	Pyramid Peak A	Maroon Peak	2.08	Maroon Bells	EL	2	1
48	14,017	14,024	877	Wilson Peak	Wilson, Mount	1.51	Mount Wilson	SJ	4	2
49	14,015	14,020	1,635	Wetterhorn Peak	Uncompahgre Peak	2.76	Wetterhorn Peak	SJ	2	1
50	14,014	14,019	3,114	San Luis Peak A	Redcloud Peak Handies Peak	26.93 31.71	San Luis Peak	SJ	2	2
	14,014	14,019	234	North Maroon Peak	Maroon Peak	0.37	Maroon Bells	EL	6	1
51	14,005	14,012	2,111	Holy Cross, Mount of the	Massive, Mount	19.33	Mount of the Holy Cross	SW	3	2	1
52	14,003	14,012	1,423	Huron Peak	Missouri Mountain La Plata Peak	3.20 6.10	Winfield	SW	2	3
53	14,001	14,006	501	Sunshine Peak	Redcloud Peak	1.27	Redcloud Peak	SJ	3	2	1
Top	End of Colorado’s Fourteeners

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 Peak A	0.18	Storm King Peak	SJ
54	1	13,988	1,928	Grizzly Peak A	La Plata Peak	6.76	Independence Pass	SW	2	4
55	2	13,983	883	Stewart Peak	San Luis Peak A	2.53	Stewart Peak	SJ	1	2
56	3	13,980	360	Columbia Point	Kit Carson Mountain	0.24	Crestone Peak	SC	1	1
		13,980	80	“Pin Point”	Wilson, Mount	0.57	Dolores Peak	SJ
		13,980	40	“Prow, The”	Kit Carson Mountain	0.11	Crestone Peak	SC	1
57	4	13,972	1,152	Pigeon Peak	Eolus, Mount	1.48	Snowdon Peak	SJ	2	2	1
58	5	13,971	2,671	Ouray, Mount	Shavano, Mount Antero, Mount	13.61 17.37	Mount Ouray	SW	2	3	1
		13,970	70	“Kitty Kat Carson”	Columbia Point	0.08	Crestone Peak	SC	1	1
59	6	13,951	1,011	Ice Mountain	Huron Peak	2.10	Winfield	SW	2	3
60	7	13,951	611	Fletcher Mountain	Quandary Peak	1.27	Copper Mountain	TM	3	3	1
		13,951	171	Gemini Peak	Sherman, Mount	0.69	Mount Sherman	TM	1	1
61	8	13,950	570	Pacific Peak	Fletcher Mountain	1.41	Breckenridge	TM	3	5	1
62	9	13,943	523	Cathedral Peak A	Castle Peak A	1.71	Hayden Peak	EL	1	1
63	10	13,940	1,080	French Mountain	Elbert, Mount	2.13	Mount Massive	SW	1	2
64	11	13,933	873	Hope, Mount A	La Plata Peak	2.91	Mount Elbert	SW	2	3	1
65	12	13,932	312	“Thunder Pyramid”	Pyramid Peak A	0.61	Maroon Bells	EL	1	2
66	13	13,931	871	Adams, Mount A	Challenger Point Columbia Point	1.88 1.99	Horn Peak	SC	2	3	1
67	14	13,913	733	Gladstone Peak	Wilson, Mount	0.59	Mount Wilson	SJ	1	1
68	15	13,911	451	Meeker, Mount EB	Longs Peak	0.71	Allens Park	FR	7	4	1
69	16	13,908	648	Casco Peak	French Mountain	1.17	Mount Elbert	SW	1	3
70	17	13,908	448	Red Mountain A	Culebra Peak	0.73	Culebra Peak	SC	2	3	1
71	18	13,904	564	Emerald Peak	Missouri Mountain	1.30	Winfield	SW	2	2	1
S2	S1	13,900	280	“Drift Peak”	Fletcher Mountain	0.56	Copper Mountain	TM	1	1	1
72	19	13,898	758	Horseshoe Mountain A TR	Sherman, Mount	2.82	Mount Sherman	TM	2	4	1
73	20	13,895	1,515	“Phoenix Peak”	San Luis Peak A	4.98	Halfmoon Pass	SJ	1	3	1
74	21	13,894	2,105	Vermilion Peak	Gladstone Peak Sneffels, Mount	9.07 14.22	Ophir	SJ	2	2	1
		13,876	256	Frasco Benchmark	French Mountain	0.52	Mount Massive	SW	1	2
75	22	13,870	1,050	Cronin Peak	Antero, Mount	2.39	Saint Elmo	SW	1	3	1
76	23	13,865	679	Buckskin, Mount	Democrat, Mount Sherman, Mount	1.51 6.58	Climax	TM	2	4
77	24	13,864	1,124	Vestal Peak	Sunlight Peak A	4.31	Storm King Peak	SJ	3	2	1
78	25	13,860	520	Jones Mountain A	Handies Peak	1.65	Handies Peak	SJ	2	2	1
79	26	13,860	400	“North Apostle”	Ice Mountain	0.36	Winfield	SW	2	3
		13,860	40	Meeker Ridge EB	Meeker, Mount	0.17	Allens Park	FR	1	1
80	27	13,857	517	Clinton Peak	Democrat, Mount Fletcher Mountain	2.03 2.64	Climax	TM	1	3
81	28	13,855	475	Dyer Mountain	Sherman, Mount	1.26	Mount Sherman	TM	1	3
82	29	13,852	632	Crystal Peak A	Pacific Peak	0.92	Breckenridge	TM	3	6
		13,852	232	Traver Peak	Clinton Peak	0.66	Climax	TM	1	3
83	30	13,850	470	Edwards, Mount	Grays Peak	1.30	Grays Peak	FR	3	7	2
84	31	13,849	629	California Peak	Ellingwood Point	2.22	Blanca Peak	SC	1	2
85	32	13,845	785	Oklahoma, Mount	Massive, Mount	1.75	Mount Champion	SW	1	3
		13,842	262	Spalding, Mount	Evans, Mount A	1.09	Mount Evans	FR	4	7	3
86	33	13,841	1,501	Half Peak	Jones Mountain Handies Peak	3.92	Pole Creek Mountain	SJ	1	2	1
87	34	13,841	421	Atlantic Peak	Pacific Peak Fletcher Mountain	0.67 0.74	Copper Mountain	TM	3	7	2
88	35	13,841	341	Hagerman Peak	Snowmass Mountain	0.58	Snowmass Mountain	EL	2	2	1
89	36	13,835	735	Turret Peak A	Pigeon Peak	0.48	Snowdon Peak	SJ	1	2	1
90	37	13,832	812	Point 13,832	Redcloud Peak	1.35	Redcloud Peak	SJ	1	2	1
91	38	13,831	331	Holy Cross Ridge	Holy Cross, Mount of the	0.59	Mount of the Holy Cross	SW	1	2
S3	S2	13,831	291	Iowa Peak	Missouri Mountain	0.60	Winfield	SW	1	2	1
92	39	13,830	370	Jupiter Mountain	Windom Peak	0.60	Columbine Pass	SJ	2	2	1
		13,830	20	“Tower One”	Longs Peak	0.23	Longs Peak	FR
93	40	13,828	688	“Huerfano Peak”	Lindsey, Mount	1.17	Blanca Peak	SC	2	2	1
94	41	13,824	964	Jagged Mountain	Sunlight Peak A	1.43	Storm King Peak	SJ	2	2	1
95	42	13,823	883	“Lackawanna Peak”	Casco Peak	1.73	Independence Pass	SW	1	5
96	43	13,822	2,282	Silverheels, Mount TR	Bross, Mount A Lincoln, Mount A	5.46 5.73	Alma	TM	3	6	2
97	44	13,821	1,881	Rio Grande Pyramid	Jagged Mountain	10.75	Rio Grande Pyramid	SJ	2	2	1
98	45	13,819	759	Teakettle Mountain	Sneffels, Mount	1.68	Mount Sneffels	SJ	1	2	1
99	46	13,811	551	Point 13,811	Point 13,832	1.20	Redcloud Peak	SJ	2	3	2
100	47	13,809	869	Dallas Peak	Sneffels, Mount	2.00	Telluride	SJ	1	2	1
Top	End of Colorado’s 100 highest peaks

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: 354 ascents; 100/100 hard ranked; 3/3 soft ranked; 129/134 overall (94 2x+)
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 373 ascents; 100/100 hard ranked; 3/3 soft ranked; 122/134 overall (94 2x+)
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 7/22/17: 727 ascents
Total ascents that Gerry and Jennifer have made together: 74

Colorado’s 100 Highest Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Colorado climbs in this elevation range

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