Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwest (bearing 225°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Princeton University.
Mountain While not one of the highest peaks of the Sawatch Range, Mount Princeton is one of the most dramatic, abruptly rising nearly above the Arkansas River valley in only 6 miles.Mount Princeton on Summitpost
Climbing The first recorded ascent was on July 17, 1877, at 12:30 pm by William Libbey of Princeton University.Merritt, J. I. (1997) "The Once and Future Mountain" Princeton Alumni Weekly Princeton University It is likely that various miners had climbed the peak earlier."William Libbey and the 1877 Expedition" Princeton Alumni Weekly Princeton University The name Mount Princeton was in use as early as 1873, and the peak was most likely named by Henry Gannett, a Harvard graduate and chief topographer in a government survey led by George M. Wheeler.Borneman, Walter R. and Lampert, Lyndon J. (1994) A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (3rd ed.) Pruett, Boulder, Colorado,
The standard route to the top is rated class 2.
Climate
Historical names Chalk Peak Mount Princeton – 1906 Princeton Mountain
See also List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of Colorado List of Colorado fourteeners
References
External links Mt. Princeton on 14ers.com