Collegiate Peaks

Collegiate Peaks
central Sawatch Range
Range
View of the Collegiate Peaks from near the Arkansas River just south of Chalk Creek.
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Chaffee
Part of	Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains
Highest point	Mount Harvard
- elevation	14,427 ft (4,397 m)
- coordinates	38°55′28″N 106°19′15″W / 38.92444°N 106.32083°W / 38.92444; -106.32083
Length	34 mi (55 km), W-E
Width	30 mi (48 km), N-S
Area	587 sq mi (1,520 km2)

The Collegiate Peaks (or Collegiate Range^[1]) is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies. The section is so named because several of the mountains are named for prominent universities.

Prominent peaks

Summits of the Collegiate Peaks With At Least 100 Meters of Topographic Prominence

Rank	Mountain Peak	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation
1	Mount Harvard NGS	!B9916116406804 14,421 ft 4396 m	!B9934357637279 2,327 ft 709 m	!B9899137743107 15 mi 24 km
2	La Plata Peak[2]	!B9916153750080 14,368 ft 4379 m	!B9936700349175 1,841 ft 561 m	!B9907797092971 6 mi 10 km
3	Mount Belford NGS	!B9916268146018 14,204 ft 4329 m	!B9940049867569 1,317 ft 401 m	!B9914226528857 3.3 mi 5.3 km
4	Mount Princeton NGS	!B9916268388548 14,204 ft 4329 m	!B9935023957911 2,177 ft 664 m	!B9909687862939 5.2 mi 8.4 km
5	Mount Yale NGS	!B9916269520435 14,202 ft 4329 m	!B9936512019758 1,876 ft 572 m	!B9909028283261 5.5 mi 8.9 km
6	Mount Oxford NGS	!B9916299388434 14,160 ft 4316 m	!B9947376311062 633 ft 193 m	!B9924142111782 1.2 mi 2.0 km
7	Mount Columbia NGS	!B9916356293707 14,079 ft 4291 m	!B9944161654025 873 ft 266 m	!B9919771031303 1.9 mi 3.1 km
8	Missouri Mountain NGS	!B9916360046092 14,074 ft 4290 m	!B9944702931732 827 ft 252 m	!B9923455567735 1.3 mi 2.1 km
9	Huron Peak NGS	!B9916404412162 14,012 ft 4271 m	!B9939417323104 1,403 ft 428 m	!B9914513081415 3.2 mi 5.2 km
10	Grizzly Peak NGS	!B9916416618700 13,995 ft 4266 m	!B9936342892909 1,908 ft 582 m	!B9907043997840 7 mi 11 km
11	Ice Mountain[2] PB	!B9916443140147 13,958 ft 4254 m	!B9942893842587 991 ft 302 m	!B9918714147996 2.1 mi 3.4 km
12	Mount Hope[2] PB	!B9916456316672 13,939 ft 4249 m	!B9944393414461 853 ft 260 m	!B9915489466110 2.9 mi 4.7 km
13	Emerald Peak[2] PB	!B9916476762631 13,911 ft 4240 m	!B9948891514145 544 ft 166 m	!B9923550806550 1.3 mi 2.1 km
14	North Apostle[2] PB	!B9916522968031 13,847 ft 4220 m	!B9953019954237 360 ft 110 m	!B9936198774631 0.4 mi 0.6 km
15	Rinker Peak[2] PB	!B9916564447374 13,789 ft 4203 m	!B9943823783550 903 ft 275 m	!B9921920833710 1.5 mi 2.5 km
16	Peak 13,762 (Silver King Peak)[2] PB	!B9916579393086 13,769 ft 4197 m	!B9944763574635 822 ft 251 m	!B9920916128407 1.7 mi 2.7 km
17	Garfield Peak[2] PB	!B9916580918200 13,767 ft 4196 m	!B9953591538375 340 ft 104 m	!B9927995751070 0.8 mi 1.3 km
18	Sayres Benchmark NGS PB	!B9916596871954 13,745 ft 4189 m	!B9943232530470 958 ft 292 m	!B9919640736301 1.9 mi 3.1 km

See also

• Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
• Sawatch Range
• Geography of Colorado
• Mountain peaks of Colorado
• Mountain ranges of Colorado
• Rocky Mountains

References

1. ^ http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=154:4:2212133346118959::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1828947%2CCollegiate%20Range
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} The elevation of this summit has been converted from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). National Geodetic Survey

External links

• "Rocky Mountains". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=14. 
• "Southern Rocky Mountains". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=146. 
• "Sawatch Range". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=1465. 
• "Collegiate Peaks". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=14652.