Capitol Peak (Colorado)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Capitol Peak
Photo = P1170492.jpg
Caption = Capitol Peak, from Capitol Lake
Elevation = convert|14130|ft|m|0 [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=39.15028&lon=-107.0825 Capitol Peak on TopoQuest] ]
Location = Colorado, United States
Range = Rocky Mountains, Elk Mountains
Coordinates = coord|39|09|01|N|107|04|59|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Capitol Peak
Prominence = convert|1750|ft|m|0 [http://www.ryananderin.org/lists/prominence.html Colorado high-prominence peaks] ]
First ascent = 1909 by Percy Hagerman and Harold Clark
Easiest route = Northeast "Knife" Ridge: exposed scramble (Class 3/4)

Capitol Peak is the thirty-second highest mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Elk Mountains in southern Pitkin County west of Aspen, within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. It lies on the long ridge connecting the heart of the Elk Mountains with Mount Sopris to the northwest.

Capitol Peak is one of the most difficult of Colorado's fourteeners to climb. The only non-technical route, the Northeast Ridge, requires crossing the famously exposed "Knife Edge," the northeast ridge of Capitol..Louis W. Dawson II, "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1", Blue Clover Press, 1994, ISBN 0-9628867-1-8]

ee also

*Colorado 4000 meter peaks
*Colorado fourteeners
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States
*Southern Rocky Mountains

References

*Walter R. Borneman and Lyndon J. Lampert; A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners; Pruett Publishing Company; ISBN 0-87108-751-0 (1992)

External links

* [http://www.14ers.com/routemain.php?route=capi1&peak=Capitol%20Peak%20and%20Snowmass%20Mountain Capitol Peak Climbing Route]