List of the highest major summits of Colorado

The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least of elevation and at least of topographic prominence.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. There are three ultra-prominent summits in Colorado.

All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.

If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.

Highest major summits

+The 117 highest summits of Colorado with at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain PeakMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Sawatch Range2Sawatch Range3Sawatch Range4Sangre de Cristo Mountains5Sawatch Range6San Juan Mountains7Sangre de Cristo Range8Mosquito Range9Elk Mountains10Front Range11Sawatch Range12Front Range13Front Range14San Miguel Mountains15Sawatch Range16Sawatch Range17Elk Mountains18Sneffels Range19Elk Mountains20Front Range21Needle Mountains22San Juan Mountains23Culebra Range24La Garita Mountains25Sawatch Range26Sawatch Range27Sawatch Range28San Juan Mountains29Front Range30San Juan Mountains31Front Range32San Juan Mountains33Sawatch Range34Front Range35Spanish Peaks36Gore Range37Mummy Range38San Juan Mountains39Elk Mountains40Front Range41Front Range42Williams Mountains43San Juan Mountains44Sangre de Cristo Mountains45Mosquito Range46San Juan Mountains47San Miguel Mountains48Sawatch Range49Sawatch Range50La Plata Mountains51Gore Range52San Juan Mountains53San Juan Mountains54Needle Mountains55San Juan Mountains56Sangre de Cristo Mountains57West Elk Mountains58San Juan Mountains59Medicine Bow Mountains60Never Summer Mountains61Elk Mountains62West Elk Mountains63Spanish Peaks64Elk Mountains65San Miguel Mountains66San Juan Mountains67West Elk Mountains68Front Range69West Elk Mountains70Kenosha Mountains71Tarryall Mountains72West Elk Mountains73Elk Mountains74Flat Tops75Wet Mountains76San Miguel Mountains77Rabbit Ears Range78San Juan Mountains79Park Range80Elk Mountains81La Garita Mountains82Sawatch Range83West Elk Mountains84West Elk Mountains85Sawatch Range86San Juan Mountains87Sangre de Cristo Mountains88San Miguel Mountains89Elk Mountains90Rabbit Ears Range91South Park Hills92West Elk Mountains93South Park Hills94Front Range95South Park Hills96Sangre de Cristo Mountains97South Park Hills98Sawatch Range99White River Plateau100Front Range101Rabbit Ears Range102Sangre de Cristo Range103West Elk Mountains104Front Range105Sawatch Range106Sawatch Range107La Garita Mountains108Front Range109Laramie Mountains110Elkhead Mountains111Elkhead Mountains112Flat Tops113Grand Mesa114Kenosha Mountains115Elkhead Mountains116Ute Mountain117San Juan Mountains

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See also

List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of Greenland List of mountain peaks of Canada List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of Alaska List of mountain peaks of California List of mountain peaks of Colorado

List of the major 4000-meter summits of Colorado List of Colorado fourteeners List of the most prominent summits of Colorado List of mountain ranges of Colorado List of mountain peaks of Hawaii List of mountain peaks of México List of mountain peaks of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean Colorado Geography of Colorado :Category:Mountains of Colorado commons:Category:Mountains of Colorado Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation

Notes

References

External links

National Geodetic Survey (NGS) NGS Datasheets NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS Geodetic Glossary @ NGS United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System @ USGS Colorado Geological Survey

World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com peaklist.org summitpost.org